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Mallinckrodt Chemical Works

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works is the original site of uranium processing in downtown St. Louis

For basic information about the history of the processing of uranium in downtown St. Louis click this web link:
1996 St. Louis Sites Remediation Task Force Report

The St. Louis Airport Site (SLAPS)

To read about the history of the storage of radioactive waste at Lambert-St. Louis Airport:
http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Centers-of-Expertise/Formerly-Utilized-Sites-Remedial-Action-Program/

Coldwater Creek

Coldwater Creek

To learn about the history of the radioactive contamination of Coldwater Creek, you can access the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) web link:
http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Centers-of-Expertise/Formerly-Utilized-Sites-Remedial-Action-Program/

Latty Avenue: The Original Site of Coldwater Creek Contamination

The original site of Coldwater Creek contamination was piles of Manhattan Project radioactive waste at Hazelwood Interim Storage Site on Latty Avenue, Hazelwood, Missouri
Photo: Larry Williams for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1967

To access archived Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents that give a deeper understanding of the legacy Manhattan Project waste issue, please click on:
http://environmentalarchives.com