| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:46:05 -0800 (PST) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: "Third report finds no harmful radiation at shuttered Jana Elementary in Florissant" (MO) |
Third report finds no harmful radiation at shuttered Jana Elementary in Florissant From the Coldwater Creek's long history of radioactive contamination: Highlights of recent Post-Dispatch coverage series By Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Post-Dispatch November 16, 2022 FLORISSANT — Three weeks after closing Jana Elementary for possible radiological contamination, Hazelwood School Board members said the risk to students, teachers and alumni remains unclear. The board heard results Tuesday from a third round of testing they ordered at the shuttered school in Florissant, following two conflicting reports on the presence of radioactive contamination in the school and on the playground. The school, which opened in 1970 at 405 Jana Drive, sits in the flood plain of Coldwater Creek. The creek was contaminated with radioactive waste generated by Mallinckrodt Chemical, which processed uranium in the 1940s and ’50s for the nation’s atomic weapons program. The waste was initially stored at the airport, on a site near the creek, then later trucked to an industrial area in the 9200 block of Latty Avenue that also borders the creek. … For the entire article, see https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/third-report-finds-no-harmful-radiation-at-shuttered-jana-elementary-in-florissant/article_f1fd33c7-c5a9-5dc1-b537-b8065a8dccb7.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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