UNIVERSITY CITY — Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, called on St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger to look into the health effects of radioactive waste under the site that houses the offices of the county board of elections. In a letter sent to his office, she pointed out that the use of this location implies to the public that the site is safe. However, the senator recommends moving the offices entirely.

“If the contamination is anything like what we are seeing at Westlake, then it is entirely possible that both Rocket Park and Deer Creek are contaminated as they are down the hill from the Sunnen Business Park,” she stated.

Senator Chappelle-Nadal is asking for administration officials to present a plan that seeks to identify whether employees are suffering from a statistically significant increase in rare cancers and diseases, such as those found around Westlake Landfill and Coldwater Creek. Over the course of decades, the number of employees at the election board who have died or been diagnosed with multiple cancers and other diseases is much higher than the general population. 

The Environmental Protection Agency failed to adequately track radioactive waste leftover from the Manhattan Project. That waste has been dumped in various locations around St. Louis City and County, including Westlake Landfill, Coldwater Creek, Sunnen Business Park and the proposed site for the new stadium for the Rams. 

The St. Louis Rams current training facility has tested positive for radioactive waste in Maryland Heights