The Safe Side of the Fence

World War IIs Manhattan Project required the refinement of massive amounts of uranium and St Louisbased Mallinckrodt Chemical Works took on the job As a result the chemical companys employees would become some of the most contaminated nuclear workers in history This documentary explores the legacy that St Louis is still coping with from workers who became ill to the challenges of dealing with the fallout of creating some of the worlds first nuclear waste The story is not unique to St Louis as more than 300 facilities across America would become part of the race to build the bomb and be forced to deal with many of the same issues A detailed look into what some of the men and women went through inside these plants and how decisions made in the past effect us all today