Were you exposed to radioactive waste along Coldwater Creek? A
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Updated 5:00 p.m., Dec. 3 with information on the county study - Federal scientists were in St. Louis County on Wednesday to talk with area residents…
St. Louis-area activists found that the federal government downplayed
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Atomic Fallout: How the Feds Downplayed Radioactive Waste in St. Louis for 75 years
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It lives in geologic time': Nuclear contamination and health risks remain throughout Colorado • Colorado Newsline
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Mapping Manhattan Project radioactive waste across the St. Louis region • MuckRock
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Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school
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Coldwater Creek, St Louis: The area of Missouri under investigation after 'unusual' numbers of rare cancers found, The Independent
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Radioactive dirt is trucked from Coldwater Creek. North County residents want broader testing.
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HBO film revisits radioactive waste in St. Louis area
Coldwater Creek to finally have warning signs after decades of nuclear contamination
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Floodwaters from record rain not radioactive — but deadly for some