By: Allison Kite – January 17, 2025 3:11 pm Removing radioactive waste from the West Lake Landfill will cost nearly $400 million after federal officials discovered the contamination was far more widespread than previously known, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday. Read Full Story Here
Read MoreAtomic City Update: STL Region Can’t Wake Up From Its Radioactive Nightmare
By Don Corrigan St. Louis has been dubbed “Atomic City” by environmental organizations across the country. And, in 2024, the St. Louis region once again got the short end of a poisonous radioactive stick due to its U.S. atomic legacy. The nation’s atomic bomb builders have used portions of St. Louis City and County, as…
Read MoreJust Moms STL – New Year’s Wish List
All, Our 2024 was marked by progress and new partnerships, by a daunting amount of time away from home, and new national recognition that the federal government has treated St. Louis and St. Charles badly—ignoring, lying about, and bungling the cleanup of the radioactive material it brought here. As readers of this page, you have…
Read More‘This is a moral failure.’ A Missouri community says leftover radioactive waste is making them sick
Health Updated on Dec 23, 2024 5:56 PM EDT — Published on Dec 20, 2024 4:49 PM EDT This might be one of the most powerful stories ever written about our radioactive waste legacy in the St. Louis Region. – Dawn Chapman – Just Moms STL. PBS NEWS: Full Story Here ST. LOUIS — Marie Farr…
Read MoreJust Moms STL invited to be Panel Contributors on the 2024 Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit – December 5-6, in Washington, D.C.
Karen and I are honored to have been chosen to sit on this panel for the Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit this Thursday in Washington DC. While there we will also be able to squeeze in a few meetings and get an update on RECA to share with you all. – the Moms About the 2024…
Read MoreSome good news today! Missouri is DONE letting the Federal Government continue to expose its citizens to radioactive waste!
Thankful to all the advocates and elected officials who fought and advocated so hard both now and throughout the years! This letter from Colonel Andy Pannier and his response to the advocacy for signage since he’s been assigned to St. Louis USACE FUSRAP has left us with a lot of hope. Trust is hard to…
Read MoreJack Danforth blames Josh Hawley for Missourians losing out on radiation compensation
Advocate defends Hawley’s work to expand the federal program that assists people stricken with cancer from exposure to atomic bomb waste By: Rudi Keller and Allison Kite – October 4, 2024 5:55 am Read Article Here From JUST MOMS STL 1. Jack Danforth was the Attorney General at the time the radioactive wastes were illegally dumped at West Lake Landfill….
Read MoreHeads up – we had a heaping dose of pre-election political crap pulled today using RECA as a political weapon! – Just Moms STL
Community members from Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium in Washington D.C. on RECA
So proud of our RECA community members from Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium and all those who fundraised all summer and rode over 37 hours each way on a bus to get to DC to fight for RECA! Dawn Chapman – Just Moms STL Check out their journey and their week in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreWe are home. We are tired. We fought and worked harder this day and a half than we have ever done/ had to work. We laughed. We cried. We made progress. We will go again until we win!
-More detailed post to follow tomorrow when our eyes are not crossed – Just Moms STL
Read MoreRemaining victims of WWII/Cold War-era nuclear radiation hopeful for help after emotional appeal.
It’s been a very long day- and we will post more and answer everyone’s messages tomorrow. Right now we are headed to bed so we can get up and do it all over again tomorrow. Here is a good article about today and the incredible developments that all of you have helped work so hard…
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