This story is part one of a two-part series that examines the effects of nuclear waste contamination in Coldwater Creek on the surrounding community in St. Louis, Missouri. Part two aired ...

This story is part one of a two-part series that examines the effects of nuclear waste contamination in Coldwater Creek on the surrounding community in St. Louis, Missouri. Part two airs Wednesday ...

This story is part two of a two-part series that examines the effects of nuclear waste contamination in Coldwater Creek on the surrounding community in St. Louis, Missouri. Part one aired Tuesday ...

Radioactive waste would contaminate the creek, which would then carry the contamination into north St. Louis County. 1973 Atomic waste is illegally dumped in the West Lake Landfill.

An elementary school outside St. Louis was found to have “unacceptable” levels of radioactive contamination stemming from waste dating back to the creation of the first atomic bomb in the ...

Radioactive contamination remains at sites around the St. Louis metro today, and the cleanup of Coldwater Creek and surrounding properties is expected to take until 2038.

FILE - Water flows in Coldwater Creek, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, behind a row of homes in Missouri's St. Louis County. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to test for radioactive contamination at ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to test for radioactive contamination at Fort Belle Fontaine Park a suburban St. Louis park that sits along Coldwater Creek, a Corps official said Tuesday ...

FILE - Coldwater Creek flows Friday, April 7, 2023, in Florissant, Mo. Democratic U.S. Rep. Cori Bush and several people who grew up along a contaminated St. Louis County creek on Friday, April 5 ...