Nuked : Echoes of the Hiroshima Bomb in St. Louis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morice, Linda C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uranium--Toxicology.

Uranium--Environmental aspects.

Radioactive waste disposal--Environmental aspects.

Radiation--Safety measures.

Radiation--Physiological effect.

Radiation--Health aspects.

Radioactive waste disposal--Environmental aspects--Missouri--Saint Louis Metropolitan Area.

Radioactive waste disposal.

Radiation.

Uranium--Environmental aspects--Missouri--Saint Louis County.

Uranium.

Uranium--Toxicology--Missouri--Saint Louis County.

Radiation--Physiological effect--Missouri--Saint Louis County.

Radiation--Health aspects--Missouri--Saint Louis County.

Missouri--Saint Louis Metropolitan Area.

Missouri--Saint Louis County.

Manhattan Project (U.S.).

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works (Saint Louis, Mo.).

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works (Saint Louis, Mo.)--History.

Manhattan Project (U.S.)--History.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Nuked recounts the long-term effects of radiological exposure in St. Louis, Missouri-the city that refined uranium for the first self- sustaining nuclear reaction and the first atomic bomb. As part of the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II, the refining created an enormous amount of radioactive waste that increased as more nuclear weapons were produced and stockpiled for the Cold War. Unfortunately, government officials deposited the waste on open land next to the municipal airport. An adjacent creek transported radionuclides downstream to the Missouri River, thereby contaminating St. Louis's northern suburbs. Amid official assurances of safety, residents were unaware of the risks. The resulting public health crisis continues today with cleanup operations expected to last through the year 2238. Morice attributes the crisis to several factors. They include a minimal concern for land pollution; cutting corners to win the war; new homebuilding practices that spread radioactive dirt; insufficient reporting mechanisms for cancer; and a fragmented government that failed to respond to regional problems"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part One. The Contamination

The Secret Weapon

The Deposit

Part Two. The Dissemination

The Contamination Spreads

Bureaucratic Blues

Part Three. The People

The Advocates

An Environmental Justice Watershed

A Part Of The Whole.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Morice, Linda C. Nuked

ISBN:

0-8203-6318-9

OCLC:

1352622818