OPERATION LAC (LARGE AREA COVERAGE) ** TARGET ST. LOUIS: POISONING OF A CITY

It supposedly was an experiment to test how chemical and biological weapons would disperse over a large area. During the aftermath of World War II, the United States was doing many different things to build up its defenses, to prepare for potential attacks, and to win an arms race. All of these issues were at the center of the Cold War, and the results would sometimes lead to unethical operations and oversight. One of the biggest examples of both was the U.S. Army poisoning St. Louis, MO, and then trying to cover it up for decades. Operation Large Area Coverage (LAC) was performed to see how chemicals and biological weapons would disperse if one was ever detonated.

At the time, what was used by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps was not thought to be harmful. Operation LAC took place in many areas of the United States, but in St. Louis, things took an even darker turn. The substance in question is zinc cadmium sulfide, a chemical of great controversy. Not only because of its use for such experiments but also due to the decades of denial by the American government that refused to acknowledge its use. There are many concerns about the government poisoning of St. Louis, MO.
What the Black community experienced during this time took things to a harsher level filled with lies, coverups, and outright abuse. During the 1950s and '60s, the U.S. Army dusted chosen American cities from coast to coast with a fine powder of a fluorescent, potentially toxic chemical.

And now one scientist says, at least in the case of St. Louis, that powder may have contained radioactive material. The scientists involved used cadmium sulfide because it is similar in size to germs. Cadmium sulfide is a potentially dangerous chemical; it is toxic in large doses and is known to cause lung cancer and to damage the liver, kidneys, and bones. #OPERATIONLAC #OPERATIONLACSTLOUIS #RADIOACTIVESTLOUIS

SOURCES:
PBS: SECRET TESTING IN THE UNITED STATES; AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
NATIONAL ACADEMIES: COLD WAR CHEMICAL TEST OVER AMERICAN CITIES
LIVE SCIENCE: DID ARMY SPRAY HARMFUL CHEMICALS ON US CITIES?
101THE EAGLE: HOW THE GOVERNMENT SECRETLY SPRAYED CHEMICALS IN ST. LOUIS
HISTORY COLLECTION: THE US GOVERNMENT SECRETLY TESTED WEAPONS ON THE CITIZENS OF ST. LOUIS
ALLGOV.COM: DID US MILITARY SECRETLY AERIAL SPRAY ST LOUIS WITH RADIOACTIVE CHEMICALS?

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