Cancer Incidence and Childhood Residence Near the Coldwater Creek Radioactive Waste Site.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Beginning in the 1940s, radioactive waste from the effort to develop an atomic bomb was stored in the open near the St Louis, Missouri, airport, and over several decades contaminated nearby Coldwater Creek.

Objective

To evaluate whether living near Coldwater Creek in childhood was associated with self-reported cancer incidence in the St Louis Baby Tooth-Later Life Health Study (SLBT).

Design, setting, and participants

The SLBT cohort study was centered in St Louis and included individuals who donated their baby teeth from 1958 to 1970 to assess exposure to atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. Participants for the present analysis were recruited from June 22, 2021, to September 18, 2024.

Exposures

Residential proximity to Coldwater Creek (≤1, >1 to 5,

SUBMITTER: Leung M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12268482 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature