ABC Newsby the Associated Press Radioactive material buried near an underground fire at a suburban St. Louis landfill has been found in areas where it was previously not suspected, but there is no increased health risk to residents or workers, Environmental Protection Agency officials said Thursday. The EPA released the first phase report of an investigation of…
Read MoreSt. Louis’ West Lake Landfill: A Runaway, Ticking, Nuclear Time Bomb That Has Residents Terrified (Pt. 3), 03/31/2016
Enviro Newsby Josh Cunnings Part 3 of a 15-Part Mini-Series Titled:Nuclear Power in Our World Today http://environews.tv/033116-st-louis-west-lake-landfill-a-runaway-ticking-nuclear-time-bomb/
Read MoreGhosts Of Hiroshima Haunt Fuming Landfill Near Ferguson, Missouri, 04/13/2016
Seattle Mediumby Josh PetersonUrban News Service BRIDGETON, Mo. – Outside Ferguson, Missouri, another issue burns. This time, it’s environmental. An underground fire smolders toward radioactive waste tied to the atomic bombs that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This subterranean inferno threatens to sicken area residents, just 10 miles from the site of the controversial, police-involved death…
Read MoreSTL landfill fire nears collision with radioactive waste: What’s next? 04/18/2016
Occasional Planetby Gloria Shur Bilchik What happens when a landfill fire meets a radioactive waste dump? St. Louis, Missouri, may be the first metropolitan area to find out. In North St. Louis County, near the St. Louis Airport, and a mile from Pattonville High School, the Westlake Landfill is on fire. It’s not a flaming,…
Read MoreEPA – West Lake Update, 04/28/2016
Environmental Protection AgencyApril 28, 2016 EPA Reaches Agreement with Bridgton Landfill for Installation of Components of Isolation Barrier System West Lake Update, April 28, 2016
Read MoreRadioactive Hot Spot Prompts Researchers’ Concerns, 04/28/2016
The Wall Street Journalby John R. Emshwiller About a mile from homes in Missouri’s St. Louis County lies a radioactive hot spot with contamination levels hundreds of times above federal safety guidelines. But there are no plans to clean it up. That is because the location, tainted with waste from atomic-weapons work done in local factories decades ago, has been deemed by…
Read MoreTwo Stay-at-Home Moms Are Waging War Against the Feds Over Illegal Toxic Waste, 06/01/2016
The Viceby Amy Martyn What do you do when there’s 10,000 barrels of illegally dumped uranium two miles away from your home and the government tells you not to worry about it? Dawn Chapman and her family are stuck in an absurd and depressing situation: Less than two miles from the Chapmans’ neighborhood in Bridgeton,…
Read MoreEPA Agrees Its Emissions Estimates From Flaring May Be Flawed, 10/13/2016
Inside Climate Newsby David Hasemyer Agency says it will re-examine the formulas it uses, based on data provided by industry, and people near oil and gas sites hope that means cleaner air. ***This could be important for the flares at the Bridgeton Landfill.***A lot of Volatile Organic Compounds VOC’s are being produced by the fire.. …
Read MorePruitt says EPA will create top 10 list for Superfund Cleanup, 07/25/2017
The Washington Postby Darryl Fears https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/25/pruitt-says-epa-will-create-top-10-list-for-superfund-cleanup/?utm_term=.a0db58f4c89e
Read MoreFighting the Toxic Nightmare Next Door, 09/28/2017
Bloomberg Businessweekby Susan Berfield https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-28/fighting-the-toxic-nightmare-next-door
Read More‘Atomic Homefront’: St. Louis Residents Fire Back at EPA Over Local Nuclear Waste (Exclusive Video), 11/14/2017
The Hollywood Reporterby Hilary Lewis The film, which premieres at the Doc NYC festival, follows a group of moms-turned-activists as they confront government agencies and corporations over the illegal dumping of radioactive waste in their neighborhood. A group of concerned St. Louis residents confront representatives from the Army Corps and EPA over the safety of…
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