Report: Missouri creek contamination may raise cancer risks
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June 20, 2018
HAZELWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A federal report says people who lived near or played in a contaminated St. Louis-area creek from the 1960s to the 1990s may have increased risk of developing cancer.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry released a report Monday on cancer risks from exposure to radioactive contaminants in St. Louis County's Coldwater Creek, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The report found that exposure could raise the risk of bone cancer, lung cancer and leukemia, including a smaller risk of skin and breast cancers.
Individuals who lived near the creek since 2000 are...
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