There is significant radioactive contamination at a Missouri elementary school where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report.
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The report by Boston Chemical Data Corp. confirmed fears about contamination at Jana Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District in Florissant raised by a previous Army Corps of Engineers study.to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Boston Chemical did not say who or what requested and funded the report.
The waste was dumped at sites near the St. Louis Lambert International Airport, next to the creek that flows to the Missouri River. The Corps has been cleaning up the creek for more than 20 years. Levels of the radioactive isotope lead-210, polonium, radium and other toxins were “far in excess” of what Boston Chemical had expected. Dust samples taken inside the school were found to be contaminated.“A significant remedial program will be required to bring conditions at the school in line with expectations,” the report said.
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