Forensic Microanalysis of Manhattan Project Legacy Radioactive Wastes in St. Louis, MO, 04-14-2017
by Marco Kaltofen, Robert Alvarez, Lucas W. Hixson Forensic Microanalysis of Manhattan Project Legacy Radioactive Wastes in St. Louis, MO, 04-14-2017
Read MoreFarm family sues Bridgeton landfill owners over radiation, 05/09/2017
St. Louis Post-Dispatchby Robert Patrick ST. LOUIS COUNTY • Twenty-seven owners of a farm adjacent to the West Lake and Bridgeton landfills sued the landfills’ owners and two landfill workers in St. Louis County Circuit Court Thursday, alleging that radioactive waste has contaminated the farm and family members. The suit, filed by extended members of…
Read MoreTESTS FIND ELEVATED RADIATION LEVELS IN MORE ST. LOUIS COUNTY HOMES, 05/09/2017
KSDK – 5OnYourSIDEby Grant Bissell http://www.ksdk.com/news/health/tests-find-elevated-radiation-levels-in-st-louis-county-homes/437944485
Read MoreEPA Does NOTHING as Nuclear Waste Calamity Inches Closer, 05/10/2017
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Read MoreEditorial: EPA’s findings around West Lake Landfill prompt conflict-of-interest questions, 05/22/2017
St. Louis Post-Dispatchby The Editorial Board The Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement Thursday that test results showed no evidence of radioactive contamination in Bridgeton houses near the West Lake Landfill would have been more reassuring if EPA had not chosen a testing company that lists the landfill’s owner as a client. Republic Services owns West Lake…
Read MoreMissouri delegation to try again to shift cleanup of West Lake to Corps of Engineers, 05/22/2017
St. Louis Post-DispatchBy Chuck Raasch WASHINGTON • Members of Missouri’s congressional delegation plan to re-introduce legislation Wednesday that would shift cleanup responsibility of the West Lake Landfill from the Environmental Protection Agency to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, even though the Corps has said it doesn’t want it and the new EPA Director has…
Read MoreEPA fudged its 2014 test results of the Bridgeton Athletic Complex, 06/07/2017
Stella Maris Productions The EPA fudged its 2014 test results of the Bridgeton Athletic Complex, assuring the public that the ballfields were safe, while withholding data that warranted further investigation. Internal EPA emails show the agency was aware that radiation levels at the Bridgeton Athletic Complex were above background levels, but failed to clearly alert…
Read MoreBreathing air near Bridgeton Landfill ‘may have been harmful,’ report says, 01/07/2019
KMOV4 BRIDGETON (KMOV.com) – According to a report by the State of Missouri, breathing air near the Bridgeton Landfill “may have been harmful.” More than 100 people gathered in Bridgeton Monday night to hear the report. READ MORE
Read MoreRadioactive waste will be removed from West Lake Landfill, 09/27/2018
5 On Your Sideby Grant Bissell Radioactive waste will be removed from West Lake Landfill The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday a plan to dig up and haul out around 70 percent of the waste. READ MORE
Read MoreEPA reaches cleanup decision for radioactive West Lake Landfill Superfund site, 09/26/2018
St. Louis Post-Dispatchby Bryce Gray After years of bureaucratic inaction and escalating frustration and concern from the surrounding community, the Environmental Protection Agency has finally settled on a strategy to clean up the radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton. Compared with a proposal from earlier this year, the selected remedy…
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