Just one of the eight lawsuits filed against Mallinckrodt chemical company by people who believe they got cancer from living near radioactive contamination in north St. Louis Country will move forward.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig on Wednesday dismissed claims of negligence, emotional distress and liability.
Credit (via Napoli, Bern, Ripka, Shkolnik & Associates LLP Attorneys at Law and Byron, Carlson, Petri & Kalb, LLC Attorneys at Law)
A map of the Coldwater Creek area.
Credit (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
The Mallinckrodt chemical company uranium processing plant, pictured here, produced waste that current lawsuits allege was improperly disposed of in North County near Coldwater Creek.
Updated at 12:15 p.m. to revise the caption of the Hazelwood/Florissant health map.
Concerned North County residents got an opportunity last night to meet with attorneys who are involved in two lawsuits relating to radioactive contamination in Coldwater Creek.
The lawsuits allege that North County residents have developed cancers and other illnesses from exposure to radioactive waste produced by the Mallinckrodt chemical company.