St Louis plagued by illness from #thorium and uranium radioactive contamination, 07/31/2015

Nuclear Information St. Louis Plagued by Illness from #Thorium and Uranium Radioactive Contamination This week, internationally recognized physician Dr. Helen Caldicott reviewed documents and reports concerning the West Lake landfill. She stated in no uncertain terms that the health records and data clearly show that contaminants have been causing cancers in the affected region at elevated…

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Residents Frustrated With Planned Barrier Between Fire, Nuclear Waste Dump In St. Louis, 01/09/2016

International Business Timesby Adam Lidgett While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to go ahead with the building of a firebreak between an underground fire and a nuclear-waste site in suburban St. Louis, area residents indicated they are frustrated by the situation, Al Jazeera reported Saturday. A number of them said the plan to construct the wall…

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More radioactivity turns up near St. Louis-area illegal nuclear waste dump landfill, 01/28/2016

The Japan TimesAP BRIDGETON, MISSOURI – A Missouri agency has found more off-site radiation contamination near a St. Louis-area landfill where nuclear waste was illegally dumped four decades ago. KMOX-AM (cbsloc.al/1PjM5iW ) reports that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources said gamma radiation was found in the lower range in most samples. But some areas near…

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Owner of burning, reeking Missouri landfill nearing Cold War nuclear waste agrees to new EPA steps, 04/29/216

The Japan TimesAP KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – The owner of a burning suburban St. Louis landfill near buried radioactive waste has agreed to new measures meant to slow and help monitor the underground blaze, a U.S. Environmental Agency administrator said Thursday. While stressing there’s no evidence the nagging fire has greatly spread, regional EPA chief Mark…

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