By First Alert 4 Staff Published: Mar. 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM CDT|Updated: 8 hours ago Story Link ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – Missouri Senator Josh Hawley announced that U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will come to St. Louis to visit the sites affected by nuclear waste.Sen. Hawley made the…
Read MoreEPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin’s meeting with Community
Here is a powerful video put together by Senator Josh Hawley about EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s visit to West Lake Landfill and Coldwater Creek. – Just Moms STL – March 18, 2025 – 1:39 pm
Read MoreEnvironmentalists, advocates continue fight for Coldwater Creek cleanup
by: Shirley Washington Posted: Feb 17, 2025 / 08:12 PM CST Updated: Feb 17, 2025 / 08:12 PM CST Thank you Shirley Washington on FOX2! There is good news on the horizon with the clean up along Coldwater Creek! The Corps is planning on expanding their clean up area to 750 more acres and 600 more properties. As…
Read MoreShe spent years fighting the EPA over atomic waste. A new cleanup effort is ‘decades too late’
Emily Woodbury – St. Louis Public Radio , February 17, 2025 Dawn Chapman is frustrated that it’s taken decades for the agency to announce what community members — many of whom have died or suffered illness from the exposure — knew for years. Listen to the Interview here – Listening Time 36:19
Read MoreJust Moms STL on the Radio in St. Louis
You can listen to our KMOX interview we did this this morning on the Chris and Amy show. Many topics related to West Lake Landfill were covered- including what is happening with RECA. – Just Moms STL – February 3, 2025 The Fight for West Lake Landfill Cleanup
Read MoreJust Moms STL – Post – January 22, 2025
A new letter was just released last week from DNR to EPA that states they want EPA to take over the entire site because of “the high probability of radiological materials in the Bridgeton Landfill.” For those who don’t know, part of Bridgeton Landfill is where the fire is currently happening. Most of you probably…
Read MoreCost to clean up radioactive West Lake Landfill outside St. Louis nears $400 million
By: Allison Kite – January 17, 2025 3:11 pm Removing radioactive waste from the West Lake Landfill will cost nearly $400 million after federal officials discovered the contamination was far more widespread than previously known, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday. Read Full Story Here
Read MoreSt. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps will be placing warning/attention signs along Cold Water Creek in areas of known contamination that meet the clean-up criteria.
At our public meeting tonight (September 18, 2024), we revealed the new sign that will be placed, with the property owner’s permission, on properties where low-level radioactive materials are known to exist. We expect the first signs won’t go up until mid- to late-November. Again, the signs will only be displayed with the property owner’s…
Read MoreNewly discovered records could help St. Louis-area nuclear weapons workers receive federal benefits
Amazing Job by Denise Brock! – Just Moms STL This could be life-saving for so many Missouri nuclear defense workers. Brava, Denise Brock! – STL Toxic Waste Alliance Author: Justina Coronel (KSDK) Published: 7:13 PM CDT September 5, 2024 Updated: 7:13 PM CDT September 5, 2024 Link to Video and Full News story. ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. —…
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