Son's rare brain tumour diagnosis

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Radiation taints 'fairytale' memories of US creek

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Kim Visintine's son Zack was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour at just a week old .

He died at just six years old at the age of just six .

Kim 's son was part of a bigger picture growing in their community surrounding Coldwater Creek .

Radiation exposure compensation programme that was designed to pay out to some Americans who contracted diseases after exposure to radiation expired last year - before it could be extended to the St Louis area.

Medical studies have suggested there could be a link between radiation and ALS , but this is not definitive - and more research needs to be done to firm it up.

Just STL Moms and other community members want the government's compensation act to be expanded to include people within the St Louis area.

Expanding it would mean that locals could be offered compensation if they could prove they were harmed.

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