MO HCR44

United States Army conducted Operation Large Area Coverage (LAC) during the 1950s and 1960s, spraying zinc cadmium sulfide and other chemical and biological agents over 33 urban and rural areas without public knowledge, including extensive testing at the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis

St. Louis testing targeted a low-income, predominantly minority community of 10,000 people with approximately 70% children under age twelve, with chemicals dispersed via motorized blowers placed on housing buildings and schools

Resolution urges the United States Army to hold town hall sessions in the St. Louis region to explain Operation LAC testing conducted in the 1950s and 1960s

Resolution requests the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United States Department of Health and Human Services conduct a study to track health effects on populations exposed to Operation LAC testing

Resolution directs the Missouri House Chief Clerk to send inscribed copies to the Secretary of the Army, Secretary of Health and Human Services, EPA Administrator, and Missouri's Congressional delegation