{"id":1700545,"date":"2022-10-17T18:33:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T22:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1700545"},"modified":"2022-10-17T18:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T22:33:36","slug":"wwii-era-radioactive-waste-found-at-missouri-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wwii-era-radioactive-waste-found-at-missouri-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"WWII-Era Radioactive Waste Found At Missouri Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwwii-era-radioactive-waste-found-at-missouri-elementary-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1700545&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Environmental scientists from a chemical data corporation said last week they found excess levels of radioactive waste at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/missouri\">Missouri<\/a> elementary school where a World War II-era factory that produced nuclear bombs once stood.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Chemical Data Corp. recently published a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/124fnZz3VJ2KozmhmbYiiedqaPKetRST9\/view?fbclid=IwAR27xGmY9pOC8ibjyIKe9eqg8gSrmQipfphY90rsxXngmRsv_Iucm1MJmns\">report<\/a> that found samples taken in August of \u201cdangerous\u201d alpha-radiation levels emitting co-mingled amounts of radium and thorium on the Jana Elementary School site in Florissant, Missouri. Officials collected samples from classrooms, the kitchen, and the library. Other samples came from outside in the fields and playgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadiological contamination in and around Coldwater Creek, prior to remediation activities, could have increased the risk of some types of cancer in people who played or lived there,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Bordering two sides of the school runs Coldwater Creek, which has uranium processing residues contaminating the water flow. Toxic waste polluted the creek after officials from the Manhattan Project extracted the material to develop atomic weapons in the 1940s under the Manhattan Project, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atsdr.cdc.gov\/sites\/coldwater_creek\/background.html\"> Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the last 20 years, The United States Army Corps of Engineers have been cleaning up the creek. Four years ago, officials first detected radioactive waste near the school and confirmed the results in the following years. However, when testing for contamination levels, the Army Corp did not search more than six feet below ground or within 300 feet of the elementary school.<\/p>\n<p>Christen Commuso with the Missouri Coalition for the Environment obtained the Army Corps\u2019 report through a Freedom of Information Act request and showed the results to the elementary school\u2019s board of supervisors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t want my child in this school,\u201d Commuso said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/ap\/ap-u-s-news\/ap-radioactive-waste-found-at-missouri-elementary-school\/\">The Hill<\/a>. \u201cThe effect of these toxins is cumulative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials from Boston Chemical reported the Army Corps\u2019 tests were \u201cincomplete and inadequate\u201d due to no samples collected from the school building and surface soils immediately surrounding the area.<\/p>\n<p>Through Boston Chemical\u2019s testing, the corporation found levels \u201cfar in excess\u201d of radioactive isotope lead-210, polonium, radium, and other toxins. According to the report, inhaling or ingesting such materials could result in significant injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that radiological contamination related to these contaminants in the creek has been found in both the indoor (dust) and outdoor (soil) environments at the Jana School, a significant remedial program will be required to bring conditions at the school in line with expectations,\u201d the report concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Louis Post Dispatch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/radioactive-waste-found-at-elementary-school-in-florissant-report-says\/article_8a497d21-c240-5945-b9fd-8ff88ea371ed.html#tracking-source=mp-homepage\">reports<\/a> Boston Chemical did not disclose how the study was requested or funded.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Bernaugh, president of the Jana parent-teacher association, has a son who attends Jana Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was heartbroken,\u201d Bernaugh said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/ap\/ap-u-s-news\/ap-radioactive-waste-found-at-missouri-elementary-school\/\">The Hill<\/a>. \u201cIt sounds so clich\u00e9, but it takes your breath from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/17\/us\/radioactive-school-coldwater-creek#:~:text=Jana%20Elementary%20School%20serves%20just,Substances%20and%20Disease%20Registry%2C%20a\">reports<\/a> the school has approximately 400 other students.<\/p>\n<p>School officials told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11322267\/High-levels-RADIOACTIVE-WASTE-school-downstream-site-nuclear-bomb-plant.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a> that \u201csafety is always our top priority,\u201d adding they would discuss the report\u2019s implications and consult with attorneys and experts about what steps to take next.<\/p>\n<p>The Hazelwood School District Board of Education officials are scheduled to meet in closed session on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental scientists from a chemical data corporation said last week they found excess levels of radioactive waste at a Missouri elementary school where a World War II-era factory that produced nuclear bombs once stood. 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