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Read MoreMessenger: Activist won’t back down in quest to rid St. Louis of nuclear waste, 06/17/16
St. Louis Post-Dispatchby Tony Messenger Kay Drey owes me a quarter. Sitting across from me last week at her dining room table in University City, the 83-year-old environmentalist handed me a stack of documents and issued a challenge similar to one she’s made at that table to visitors like me countless times. “If you actually…
Read MoreHigher asthma rate near Bridgeton Landfill, 07/01/2016
KSDK – 5 On Your Sideby Jacob Long The 83-page report says the rates of serious respiratory illnesses are higher near the Bridgeton Landfill Compared to other parts of the county.
Read MoreBipartisan legislation needed to address radioactive landfill in St. Louis, 07/08/2016
The Hillby Ed Smith The radioactive West Lake Landfill Superfund site in St. Louis County, Missouri, should have always been under the jurisdiction of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). FUSRAP is a nuclear waste cleanup program run by the Army Corps of Engineers for sites involved in early nuclear weapons production. The…
Read MoreEditorial: Regulatory agencies treating West Lake Landfill like a hot potato, 07/14/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatchby Editorial Board Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, pounded a witness table in frustration Wednesday over yet another obstacle to getting a federal cleanup of the nuclear waste at West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton. And she’s right. This is a table-pounding moment. Wagner is upset because the Army Corps of Engineers and a key…
Read MoreArmy Corps of Engineers is right choice to clean up landfill, 07/21/2016
St. Louis Post-DispatchLetters to the Editorby Karen Nickel Regarding “Plan to shift West Lake cleanup to Corps hits roadblock” (July 14): Last week, I traveled to Washington to observe Reps. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, and Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, testify about the Environmental Protection Agency’s inaction on the West Lake Landfill, which is only about 10…
Read MoreNew Report shows EPA’s own experts disagree on Region 7 assessment of wastes and solution at West Lake Landfill, 07/22/2016
by Just Moms STL New Report shows EPA’s own experts disagree on Region 7 assessment of wastes and solution at West Lake Landfill.A new report released by Bob Alvarez and Lucas Hixson draws conclusion from the newly released EPA National Remedy and Review Board critique as well as documents and emails discussing the 2008 decision to cap-and-leave the wastes…
Read MoreResidents demand that EPA fully remove radioactive waste from the West Lake Landfill, 08/15/2016
St. Louis Public Radioby Eli Chen Residents and local officials continued to press the Environmental Protection Agency for full removal of radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton at a meeting on Monday night. By December, the federal agency must decide between four possible remedies for handling the radioactive contamination. The…
Read MoreChamp Landfill might be stinkier than Bridgeton Landfill, 08/19/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatchby Blythe Bernard Something stinks in Bridgeton, but the source isn’t always obvious. Neighbors of the Bridgeton Landfill have complained of a foul stench since an underground fire started there in 2010. The Fred Weber asphalt plant in neighboring Maryland Heights also can give off a distinctive odor. More recently, the Champ Landfill in the…
Read MoreState wins approval to test groundwater near radioactive waste at West Lake Landfill, 08/25/2016
St. Louis Public Radioby Eli Chen A special master has allowed the state to proceed with groundwater testing at wells in the portion of the West Lake Landfill where World War II-era radioactive waste has been detected. The decision Wednesday in a circuit court of St. Louis County comes after landfill owner Republic Services tried to stop…
Read MoreConcerns, uncertainty continue to shroud West Lake cleanup, 09/04/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatchby Bryce Gray A southern view of the Bridgeton Landfill where plastic membrane covers up hundreds of feet of garbage and various pipes direct leachate to the treatment plant, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 in Bridgeton. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moves forward with a new study…
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