ST. LOUIS — The U.S. Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., agreed to visit areas affected by nuclear waste in St. Louis.
According to Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, RKF Jr. accepted Hawley’s invitation to come to Missouri to see the sites firsthand “where the government dumped nuclear waste in St. Louis — and the lives that have been ruined because of it,” his announcement said on X.
“It is time to compensate these good people NOW.” Hawley said on social media.
For over 80 years, environmental advocates have fought to clean up Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County, known as a radioactive area. Back in February, the Army Corps of Engineers reviewed cleanup efforts to remove the nuclear waste.
It is currently unknown when RFK Jr. will visit the St. Louis areas affected by nuclear waste.