Living near St. Louis-area Coldwater Creek during childhood linked with higher risk of cancer from radiation

Published Date: 17 Jul 2025

Living near Coldwater Creek—a Missouri River tributary north of St. Louis that was polluted by nuclear waste from the development of the first atomic bomb—in childhood in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s was associated with ...

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