Amazing Job by Denise Brock! – Just Moms STL
This could be life-saving for so many Missouri nuclear defense workers. Brava, Denise Brock! – STL Toxic Waste Alliance
Author: Justina Coronel (KSDK)
Published: 7:13 PM CDT September 5, 2024
Updated: 7:13 PM CDT September 5, 2024
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ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — There is one less hurdle for nuclear weapons workers.
Thursday afternoon, there was some much-needed clarity given at an event meant to honor their hard work.
A resource fair and a celebration to honor all nuclear weapons workers took place at Trigg Banquet Center in O’Fallon, Missouri.
Each one received an Arch-shaped pin, with the words “Missouri Atomic Legacy” and dates at the bottom.
“My dad was a chemical operator, my mom worked in the lab,” said Denise Brock.
Brock’s parents motivated her passion and purpose.
Her parents worked at the Mallinckrodt plant in downtown St. Louis, which produced uranium for the development of the first atomic bomb.
“I believe in 1945, so it was before I was born. I heard about this legislation, if you worked at these facilities, Mallinckrodt was mentioned and if you had cancer you’d be eligible for compensation,” Brock shared.
Both of her parents were sick and her dad died of cancer in his early fifties.