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MO HCR13
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/12/2015
Primary Sponsor
Clem Smith
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AI Summary
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U.S. Army conducted Operation Large Area Coverage (LAC) during the 1950s and 1960s, spraying zinc cadmium sulfide over 33 urban and rural areas including St. Louis, without notifying local officials or residents
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St. Louis testing concentrated on the Pruitt-Igoe housing project, a low-income, predominantly minority community of 10,000 people where approximately 70% were children under age 12
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Resolution requests the U.S. Army hold town hall sessions in St. Louis to explain the testing that occurred
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Resolution requests the EPA and Department of Health and Human Services conduct a study to track health effects on exposed populations
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Copies of the resolution to be sent to the Secretary of the Army, Secretary of Health and Human Services, EPA Administrator, and Missouri's Congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Strongly urges the United States Army to explain chemical testing which occurred in St. Louis in the 1950s and 1960s and requests the federal government to conduct a study on the health effects of such testing
Last Action
Referred: Government Oversight and Accountability(H)
5/15/2015