The Hollywood Reporter by 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…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Bryce Gray BRIDGETON • One after another, dozens of north St. Louis County residents issued resounding calls for full excavation of the contents of West Lake Landfill and relocation of nearby residents, as the Environmental Protection Agency approaches a cleanup decision for…
St. Louis Public Radio by Eli Chen The Environmental Protection Agency plans to conduct further testing for radioactive contamination at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton. Albert Kelly, senior adviser to EPA administrator Scott Pruitt and the head of the agency’s Superfund Task…
Bloomberg Businessweek by Susan Berfield https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-28/fighting-the-toxic-nightmare-next-door
STL Reporter Factoring in punctuation marks and MDNR’s double-talk changes the equation of the latest findings at the radioactively-contaminated West Lake Landfill site. In many ways, the test results released by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources last month are as unclear as the turbid stormwater the agency…
KMOX News Radio 1120 by Kevin Killeen BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOX) – A West Lake Landfill neighborhood group is calling on the state of Missouri to run tests to determine if rain water runoff from the nuclear dump site has seeped into a pond where children swim…
EPA EPA in Missouri SUMMARY Steady progress toward final remedy – EPA is focused on reaching a final remedy decision that is compliant with the law, based on sound science, and considers the state’s position and key concerns in accordance with the National Contingency Plan….
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…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch By 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…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by 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…
Fox and Friends Guest: Scott Pruitt, EPA Director May 17, 2017 Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com May. 17, 2017 – 3:11 – On ‘Fox & Friends,’ the EPA administrator speaks out about contaminated sites left behind by Obama administration. EPA Director, Scott Pruitt, mentions…
TYT Politics by Jordan Chariton, Reporter with Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel
KSDK – 5OnYourSIDE by Grant Bissell http://www.ksdk.com/news/health/tests-find-elevated-radiation-levels-in-st-louis-county-homes/437944485
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by 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…
by Marco Kaltofen, Robert Alvarez, Lucas W. Hixson Forensic Microanalysis of Manhattan Project Legacy Radioactive Wastes in St. Louis, MO, 04-14-2017
Fox2Now by Erika Tallan http://fox2now.com/2017/01/11/residents-near-west-lake-landfill-see-hope-in-proposed-buyout/
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Bryce Gray A southern view of the Bridgeton Landfill where plastic membrane covers up hundreds of feet of garbage and various pipes direct leachate to the treatment plant, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 in Bridgeton. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com While…
St. Louis Public Radio by Eli Chen A special master has allowed the state to proceed with groundwater testing at wells in the portion of the West Lake Landfill where World War II-era radioactive waste has been detected. The decision Wednesday in a circuit court of…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Blythe Bernard Something stinks in Bridgeton, but the source isn’t always obvious. Neighbors of the Bridgeton Landfill have complained of a foul stench since an underground fire started there in 2010. The Fred Weber asphalt plant in neighboring Maryland Heights also…
St. Louis Public Radio by Eli Chen At an EPA-hosted community meeting about the West Lake Landfill Superfund site, Sen. Jill Schupp asks for a show of hands regarding support for full excavation of radioactive waste. ELI CHEN Residents and local officials continued to press…
