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  1. Hype for the Future 225W: Gratiot County, Michigan

    Overview Gratiot County is a notable rural county located within the boundaries of the State of Michigan, associated with notable communities such as Alma and Ithaca within the central portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula largely along the Route 127 corridor. Within the community of Alma is the campus of Alma College, associated with Alma College Hospitality and Conference Services; the 3one3 Boutique Hotel; and the Saravilla Bed and Breakfast (3 ⭐️); while the nearby community of […]

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  2. A creek with #AtomicWaste from WWII is linked to increased #cancer risk

    By Ronnie Cohen, July 21, 2025

    Excerpt: "Children who lived near a #SaintLouis creek polluted with #radioactive #AtomicBomb waste from the 1940s through the 1960s were more likely to be diagnosed with cancer over their lifetimes than children who lived farther from the waterway, a new study has found.

    "The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, corroborate worries that neighbors of #ColdwaterCreek have long held about the #MissouriRiver tributary where generations of children played.

    Radioactive waste found at #Missouri elementary school

    " 'We actually saw something quite dramatic, not only elevated risk of cancer, but one that increased steadily in a sort of dose-response manner the closer the childhood residents got to Coldwater Creek,' said the study's senior author, Marc Weisskopf, an epidemiology professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

    "As part of the Manhattan Project, #MallinckrodtChemicalWorks processed uranium in St. Louis for the development of an atomic bomb. By the mid-1940s, according to historians, the company began to haul its radioactive waste north of the city, leaving it in open steel drums, unattended and exposed to the elements, next to Coldwater Creek."

    Read more:
    npr.org/sections/shots-health-?

    #RadioactiveHazards #Cancer #NoNukes #NoWar #EPAFail #USPol #USGovtFail #NuclearWeapons #RethinkNotRestart #NoNuclearWar #EnvironmentalDisaster
    #WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife