Radioactive waste was found at an elementary school
playground near a site where nuclear weapons were made
in WWII
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so so reckless and dangerous! and so sad it took this
long to find it.
Exterior shot showing a section of the West Lake
landfill Tuesday March 13, 2012, in Bridgeton,
Missouri. Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-
Dispatch/Tribune News Service/Getty Images
Exterior shot showing a section of the West Lake
landfill Tuesday March 13, 2012, in Bridgeton,
Missouri. Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-
Dispatch/Tribune News Service/Getty Images
© Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News
Service/Getty Images
A report found high levels of radioactive contamination
at an elementary school in Missouri.
Jana Elementary school is located near a creek that was
contaminated in the 1940s and '50s.
The report found radioactive contamination inside and
outside the school building.
Radioactive contamination was discovered at an
elementary school in a St. Louis, Missouri, suburb
located near a site were nuclear weapons were made
during World War II, according to a new report by
environmental consultants.
The report was completed by Boston Chemical Data Corp.,
an environmental investigations firm, in October.
Samples of soil, dust, and plant materials at the Jana
Elementary School in the town of Florissant were
collected in August for testing. Samples were taken
from the fields and playgrounds around the school, as
well as locations inside, including the library,
kitchen, and classrooms.
"I was heartbroken," President of the Jana Parent-
Teacher Association Ashley Bernaugh, whose son attends
the school, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after
reading the report. "It sounds so cliché, but it takes
your breath from you."
It's unclear who funded the investigation, but it
followed a prior Army Corps of Engineers study started
in 2018 that raised concerns about contamination at the
school. The results of the Corps study were obtained
earlier this year by the nonprofit Missouri Coalition
for the Environment via a Freedom of Information Act
request.
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