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Biden supports expanding compensation to radiation victims in Missouri, New Mexico
The St. Louis region has struggled for decades with contamination left over from the effort to develop the atomic bomb in the 1940s.
Energy secretary stops short of endorsing atomic waste victims fund in Missouri visit
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited a contaminated site in St. Charles County, saying: “There is no doubt that we have to clean up these sites and there’s no doubt that the testing and remediation is ongoing now…We’ve got to make sure that people feel safe.”
U.S. Senate votes to expand coverage for atomic bomb-related illness to St. Louis
Private companies and the federal government for decades failed to take actions to protect St. Louis residents from nuclear waste, an investigation by The Missouri Independent, MuckRock and The Associated Press finds.
Hawley demands St. Louis nuclear cleanup, faces questions on his environmental record
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley renewed his call for the federal government to compensate St. Louis-area residents who have become ill from exposure to radioactive contamination. But he also faced new questions about his environmental record during his tenure as Missouri Attorney General
New findings inspire state, federal lawmakers to demand action on St. Louis radioactive waste
The public pressure from a bipartisan group of elected officials follows an investigation by The Independent, MuckRock and the Associated Press into the legacy of radioactive contamination in the St. Louis region.