Coldwater Creek

Community outreach about radioactive waste has been left largely to local environmental organizations.

The district will first move Jana Elementary students to virtual instruction, then the district will switch kids to other schools to keep them away from radioactive contamination.

An independent report finds that Jana Elementary in Florissant is exposed to high levels of radioactive contamination. The school is near Coldwater Creek, which contains nuclear waste dating to World War II. Environmental activists say generations of children could suffer unless federal officials clean up the waste.

There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report.

A St. Louis County Council member is working on a bill that would require the County’s Department of Emergency Management and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review construction and utility permits near Coldwater Creek.

For those concerned about Superfund sites in Missouri and Illinois, the EPA’s newly announced cleanup plans for 49 sites across the U.S come as great news. But community members say it’s also a reminder of just how much work still needs to be done.

As companies vie for a potential lease on St. Louis Lambert International Airport, a big focus is on the land around it — and how it could be…

Before a group of young adults embarked on a tour of toxic waste sites in St. Louis, artist Allana Ross asked if anyone wanted a respirator. Twice a year…

A federal agency has confirmed that residents who lived and played near a north St. Louis County stream may face a higher risk of certain types of cancer…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is close to finishing its removal of World War II-era radioactive waste from the Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals plant in…