Dive summary:

• Residents in Bridgeton, Mo. are meeting to discuss how to clean up nuclear waste that was illegally dumped in a landfill in the flood plain of Missouri River.
• The uranium and thorium were used in the Manhattan Project, the World War II program that led to the first atomic bomb.
• Some residents think the nuclear waste has already started seeping into waterways and possibly has already made people sick.

From the article:

A group of north St. Louis county residents met Tuesday night to discuss what they believe is a radioactive hazard in their midst. It is a story that has its roots in the Manhattan Project, the World War II program that led to the first atomic bomb. Uranium was enriched in St. Louis during that project, and for many years that followed. The problem is the waste that was created.

There were several dumping sites. One near Lambert Airport and Coldwater Creek may be the best known. Radiation hazard signs remain around the site on the northern edge of the airport. While some cleanup has been done there, critics say none has taken place at the West Lake landfill off St. Charles Rock Road. One fear is illness. ...