Coldwater Creek Health Maps depict illness and disease in our community as a result of exposure to contamination from Manhattan Project waste materials that sat out in the elements next to Coldwater Creek at the St. Louis Airport Site (SLAPS) & the Hazelwood Interim Storage Site (HISS). Coldwater Creek Health Maps are copyrighted material and may not be used without permission. Maps may not be used for marketing, commercial and/or legal purposes.
Appendix – 45 reported cases*
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (April 2015) states that incidence is .97 in a population of 100,000
*Additional cases identified but not included until officially reported to health survey
Autoimmune Disease – 448 reported cases
Brain Cancer or Brain Tumors – 184 reported cases
Cancer – 1993 reported cases
Lupus – 53 reported cases
Multiple Sclerosis – 84 reported cases
Thyroid Cancer and Disease – 315 reported cases
All Reported Illnesses from survey respondents – 2725 reported cases
| Category | 2015 | 2014 | New |
| Autoimmune Disease | 448 | 320 | 128 |
| Appendix Cancer | 45 | 37 | 8 |
| Brain Cancer / Tumors | 184 | 113 | 71 |
| Thyroid Cancer / Conditions | 332 | 202 | 130 |
| Total Cancer | 1993 | 1242 | 751 |
Health Survey Genesis:
History
- Group of Friends, Neighbors and Relatives
- Information collected and hand-entered
- Noticed high rates of illness and death in our peers
- Started Facebook Group to inquire about health issues in 2011
- Group currently has 10,700 members
- Initiated Health Survey due to overwhelming response
- Survey monkey is voluntary, based on self-reporting
- Over 4500 participants as of August 2015
Summary
- Disease/ Illness appears to be spread throughout North County, and not limited
to the creek - MO DHSS reported higher than average cancers in watershed zip codes in 2014
- Majority of illness reported to health survey corresponds to disease caused by LATENT CHRONIC LOW level ionizing radiation exposure:
– Primary Cancers
– Autoimmune Disease
– Premature Dental Decay
– Infertility/ Reproductive Issues
– Genetic Mutations/ Non-hereditary Cancers in Children - Survey diseases do NOT match health effects of alternate creek contamination, including e-coli, Agent Orange, airplane fuel, etc.