St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jacob Barker The Environmental Protection Agency plans to clean up spots of dirt on private property just outside the radioactively contaminated West Lake Landfill. Testing from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources identified radioactive contamination on property beyond the landfill’s perimeter,…
Enviro News by 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/
KSDK.com by Kasey Nolen http://www.ksdk.com/mb/news/local/moms-meet-with-head-of-the-epa-about-landfill/111098788 http://www.ksdk.com/mb/news/local/moms-meet-with-head-of-the-epa-about-landfill/111098788
CBS St. Louis by Kevin Killeen ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Members of the West Lake Landfill Moms group meet with the head of the EPA in Washington, D.C., calling for a buyout of homes near the landfill, and transfer of the site from the EPA to…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jacob Barker After almost a year of study, the Environmental Protection Agency says it believes it has completely mapped the extent of radioactive contamination at the West Lake Landfill. The findings come as the agency works to finalize plans for a barrierseparating…
Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster released the following statement on today’s report from the EPA: “Today’s report confirms that EPA has never had a clear picture of the extent of contamination at the West Lake landfill, and it is deeply concerning that it…
ABC News by 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…
Kmov.com St. Louis KMOV.com ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency for missing deadlines in its planned cleanup of the West Lake Landfill near St. Louis. Koster says in a letter to EPA officials that progress on…
St. Louis Public Radio.org by Durrie Bouscaren Missouri’s attorney general is publicly chiding the Environmental Protection Agency for its “repeated missed deadlines” in its oversight of radioactive contamination at the West Lake Landfill in north St. Louis County. An underground chemical reaction, commonly referred to as…
St. Louis Public Radio.org by Durrie Bouscaren Map of the West Lake Landfill PROVIDED BY THE EPA A federal proposal to remove the Environmental Protection Agency from the helm of remediation efforts at the West Lake Landfill is hitting some opposition in Washington, as an…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jacob Barker Koster’s office says that Pelopidas, which Republic Services says it used to manage public relations, has “admissions” by Republic employees or contractors that the smoldering fire “will indeed reach the radiologically impacted materials at one or both of the…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jacob Barker The Environmental Protection Agency is “well aware” of legislation approved by the U.S. Senate that would take away the agency’s jurisdiction over the radioactively contaminated West Lake Landfill. But an agency official on Wednesday night said the EPA will…
Earth Island.org by Lori Freshwater Radioactive waste from the nation’s atomic past could be connected to the high number of cancers and rare illnesses in North St. Louis County. Patricia Barry arrives at the St. Louis Bread Company to meet with me. I’d seen photos of…
Missouri Department of Natural Resources Bridgeton Landfill and West Lake Landfill Updated Analytical Results for Storm Water
Environmental Echo by Holly Shanks Crowd attending at the STLCC-Wildwood symposium “The Atoms Next Door” held February 20. “I toured the situation yesterday and my hair nearly fell out,” Dr. Helen Caldicott said. “I’ve never seen anything so **** dangerous.” The internationally renowned authority on the…
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St. Louis Community College – Wildwood Coordinator: Gwendolyn Verhoff Host: Ray Hartmann Guests: Helen Caldicott, Robert Alvarez, Denise Brock, Mark Harder, Sam Page Featuring: Christen Commuso, Chris Davis, Jason Hargrove https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLlFRe197uQ
St. Louis Public Radio by Stephanie Lecci An internationally recognized anti-nuclear activist and Australian physician said the radioactive contamination in north St. Louis County is “worse than most places” she’s investigated.
Discovery.com by Patrick J. Kiger In the St. Louis area, a slow-burning underground fire is close to a vast store of nuclear waste buried in a federal Superfund site. The fire reportedly has been smoldering beneath a nearby landfill since at least 2010. The Washington…
The Washington Post by Darryl Fears Trevor Beckermann, 6, who suffers from the autoimmune disease alopecia areata, plays the board game Life with his mother Meagan Beckermann, 34, at home in Bridgeton, Mo. Meagan says the condition, which results in extreme hair loss, appeared after…
