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Higher cancer rates linked to WWII radioactive waste in Midwestern creek

Higher cancer rates linked to WWII radioactive waste in Midwestern creek

A Missouri creek has allegedly led to a higher risk of cancer in neighboring residents. Coldwater Creek, a Missouri River tributary north of St. Louis, has been a known radioactive waste site since the 1980s. Researchers have now confirmed that exposure to the creek, which is said to be polluted with nuclear waste from the development of the first atomic …

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