We did it! RECA has passed and was signed in to law. We will now be downwinders!!!
We know the bill it was attached to brings a lot to process. But for our CommUnity, this is long-overdue justice finally breaking through.
Dawn and Karen are shifting gears and will be working to get the application process as streamlined as possible. We have already been in meetings with local stakeholders. Our new RECA website will be live within the next couple of weeks.
For now, here is the information about RECA with the zip codes, covered illnesses, and compensations.
🗺️ Missouri Communities Recognized Under RECA – 2025 Expansion
The July 2025 expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) brings long-overdue recognition to numerous Missouri communities impacted by radioactive contamination.
🧬 Why These Areas Matter 🧬
Many of these areas share ZIP codes newly deemed eligible under RECA due to their proximity to radioactive waste sites such as Coldwater Creek, West Lake Landfill, and historical transport routes from the Downtown St. Louis Mallinckrodt and Weldon Spring Uranium Processing sites. While some locations are confirmed in legislative documents, others remain under review—highlighting the urgency for continued advocacy, documentation, and community mobilization to ensure full inclusion and support.
Stay tuned as Just Moms is working hard to make this program accessible and easy to apply for. Please stay tuned. We are setting up meetings right now with DOJ to make this happen. Don’t forget to visit the Facebook sites: West Lake Landfill and Just Moms STL.
I lived in the 63138 zip code for 25 years from 1962-1987. Went to St. Aloysious on Larimore then Rosary High School. My family farmed the land by the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and we ate that food,and drank from underground wells. I now have stage 2b ovarian cancer. They removed with a full hysterectomy a 7-inch tumor that was pressing against my bladder. I have had surgery and now am going through chemotherapy. I have 2 friends that lived a couple miles away from me in the same zip code with breast cancer, and they know of several others that went to public schools but that they knew of in the neighborhood with other cancers. Is there a range of dates that we will still be considered accepted?
I am so sorry to hear of your cancer diagnosis. It’s just overwhelming all the people that have been affected by this. You have to have lived, worked, or had gone to school in one of the approved zip codes for at least two years. From 1949-present. The program will expire end of 2027, however, reca has been extended many times and that is our goal to keep this program alive for as long as we need it.
Father had male beast & died of pancreatic cancer. Please keep us updated.
Please keep checking our website for updates! We will let everyone know as soon as we know the application is ready! Thank you for reaching out!
There is a RECA application listed on a Channel 5 article titled RECA Manhattan Project Waste Claim Form. is that the correct application to use for Missouri?
Just to be sure, here is the link to our website. You can download the application and print it from here.
https://reca-missouri-resources.org/
At one of your meetings you mentioned there is a specific application for those affected in North County. Is this RECA Manhattan Project Waste Claim Form the correct one to use for North County?