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Read MoreJust Moms STL – CommUnity Chat
In light of the Reuters article this past week, we wanted to offer a time to discuss the article in person with the CommUnity. We would like to hear from you, and we want your feedback. We will discuss where we are with the below and what it looks like going forward for our CommUnity….
Read MoreLive with Karen and Dawn: Reuters Article – August 7, 2024
New questions raised about risks posed by West Lake Landfill
How a US health agency became a shield for polluters
Companies and others responsible for some of America’s most toxic waste sites are using a federal health agency’s faulty reports to save money on cleanups, defend against lawsuits and deny victims compensation, a Reuters investigation found. A Missouri neighborhood’s tale. By JAIMI DOWDELL, M.B. PELL, BENJAMIN LESSER, MICHELLE CONLIN, PHOEBE QUINTON and WAYLON CUNNINGHAM Filed Aug. 7, 2024, 11 a.m. GMT…
Read MoreRadium in groundwater near West Lake Landfill in St. Louis County forces more testing
Cold Water Clean Up Article
In 1999 the Federal Government allowed Boy Scouts to adopt part of Cold Water Creek and clean it out. The Feds knew the creek was contaminated with Manhattan Project Radioactive Waste since 1949. It’s estimated the creek will not be cleaned until MAYBE 2038. That will be almost 100 years the Department of Energy has…
Read MoreRadiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)
For the most up to date information, please see the links below: Just Moms STL in Washington D.C. News Articles: The Victims of U.S. Nuclear Testing Deserve More Than This https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/opinion/nuclear-testing-victims-reca-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.xoV2.e3CLtEA-QdQ7&smid=url-share #SaveRECA
Read MoreRadioactive Waste in St. Louis at Risk From Smoldering Trash, 07/24/2014
The Wall Street Journalby John R. Emshwiller Updated July 24, 2014 1:19 p.m. ET Dawn Chapman, left, and Karen Nickel visit the West Lake landfill March 5. Ms. Chapman and Ms. Nickel are part of a watchdog group of residents concerned about the radioactive sites and the fire smoldering beneath the landfill. Sarah Conard for The Wall…
Read MoreSt. Louis burning: America’s atomic legacy haunts city, 04/29/2015
America.Aljazeera.comRyan Schuessler County parks, homes, businesses remain open and untested after decades of exposure to potentially contaminated creek This is part one of a three-part series examining the effects of radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project on St. Louis and its suburbs. HAZELWOOD, Mo. — Karen Nickel had never even heard of lupus before she…
Read MoreSt. Louis Burning: What killed the babies near Weldon Spring? 04/30/2015
Aljazeera Americaby Ryan Schuessler The grave of an infant who died in 2010 in the cemetery of Immaculate Conception Parish of Dardenne.Alexey Furman for Al Jazeera America This is part two of a three-part series investigating the effects of radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project on St. Louis and its suburbs. Part one examined the…
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