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…
Read MoreEPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Announces West Lake Landfill Superfund Proposed Remedy, 02/01/2018
EPA.govEPA Press Office WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the proposed remedy for the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Missouri. “The people of the St. Louis region deserve clarity and answers with respect to the remediation of the West Lake Landfill,” said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. “I promised them an…
Read MoreEPA knowingly withheld West Lake Landfill secrets, 06/17/16
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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.
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