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Journal of Clinical and Experimental Toxicology | Volume: 2
December 03-04, 2018 | Dubai, UAE
International Conference on
6
th
International Conference on
Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology & Pharmacology
Recycling & Waste Management
Joint Event
&
D
ating back to the beginning of the “Atomic Age,” 2.5 million
cubic yards of radioactive wastes have been dispersed
throughout the St. Louis and Metro-East area located in the
Midwest United States. This waste resulted from atomic
weapons work carried out by Mallinckrodt Chemical Works
for the U.S. government under secret contract. Between 1942
and 1966, over 300,000 tons of uranium had been processed
in the downtown St. Louis and Weldon Spring plants located in
Missouri, US. Until the release of DeGarmo’s seminal research
on this topic, only bits and pieces regarding the atomic legacy
of St. Louis could be found on a few internet sites and historical
accounts of the Manhattan Project. Even more important was
the absence of a comprehensive analyses of the health and
environmental legacies left behind as a result of atomic work
in the region. The findings detailed in this book have been used
by experts across the United States in their work regarding
the environmental and health legacies of nuclear weapons
development. This presentation will not only discuss tools that
can be used for pathway development regarding radiological
and chemical contamination, it will also provide insight on how
to connect those pathways to associated diseases.
e:
denise_degarmo@mac.comThe Disposal of radioactive wastes in the Metropolitan St. Louis Area: The development of
contamination pathways and the impact on the Environmental and Health Legacy
Denise De Garmo
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA
Toxicology 2018 & Recycling 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4066/2630-4570-C1-003