Sanitary Landfill Groundwater Investigation Report, 08/2015
Submitted to: Attorney General of Missouri Prepared by: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Sanitary Landfill Groundwater Investigation Report
Author: stlradwastelegacy
Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill – Corrective Measures Required to Address Updated POtential Emissions Calculations for Sulfur Dioxide, 03/25/2015
Missouri Department of Natural Resources by Leanne Tippet Mosby, Division Director Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill – Corrective Measures Required to Address Updated POtential Emissions Calculations for Sulfur Dioxide
Fire official says Bridgeton Landfill hotspots are close to radioactive waste, 02/10/2015
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jacob Barker A Pattonville Fire District official says new infrared footage of the Bridgeton Landfill shows higher heat readings beyond the base of an ongoing fire, raising questions about whether the fire is contained. Assistant Chief Matt LaVanchy said a flyover…
Parents, health officials search for answers about sick kids, 09/29/2014
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Blythe Bernhard from: September 29, 2014 Kirbi Pemberton pulled her 7-year-old daughter out of Rose Acres Elementary School in Maryland Heights this year over her concerns about potential health risks from the nearby radioactive West Lake Landfill. Another daughter, who goes…
State now asks for inquiry into North County cancers, 09/23/2014
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Blythe Bernhard In a sharp shift, state health officials are asking for help to investigate whether high rates of cancers in north St. Louis County are linked to nuclear contamination of Coldwater Creek, which residents have long feared is causing rare…
Data Package Review for the Month of July and August 2014 for Bridgeton Landfill, 08/29/2014
Submitted to: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Prepared by: Todd Thalhamer, Landfill Consultant Data Package Review for the Month of July and August 2014 for Bridgeton Landfill
Bridgeton landfill owners to pay nearby residents $6.8 million in lawsuit over stink, 04/18/2014
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Bylthe Bernhard Residents who live in the 400 homes closest to the smoldering Bridgeton Landfill will be compensated thousands of dollars for enduring foul odors from the site in an agreement reached Thursday in a lawsuit against the landfill’s owners. Bridgeton…
EPA Analysis: Neighbors Could Be At Risk If Landfill Fire Reaches Radioactive Waste In Bridgeton, 03/31/2014
St. Louis Public Radio by Veronique LaCapra A new analysis by scientists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggests there could be risks to area residents if an underground fire were to reach radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill. An underground fire has been…
Evaluation of Possible Impacts of a Potential Subsurface Smoldering Event, Operable Unit-1, West Lake Landfill, 02/13/2014
Submitted to: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Prepared by: Todd Thalhamer, Landfill Consultant Evaluation of Possible Impacts of a Potential Subsurface Smoldering Event, Operable Unit-1, West Lake Landfill
Evaluation of Possible Impacts of a Potential Subsurface Smoldering Event, Operable Unit-1, West Lake Landfill, 02/13/2014
Submitted to: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Prepared by: Todd Thalhamer, Landfill Consultant Data Package Review for the Month of July and August 2014 for Bridgeton Landfill
The West Lake Landfill: A Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Arms Race
By Robert Alvarez Senior Scholar Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C. November 21, 2013 The West Lake Landfill: A Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Arms Race
Republic submits 2nd contingency plan to MO DNR.
Republic Services has submitted a second ‘Contingency Plan’ to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MO DNR) for dealing with the fire at Westlake Landfill in the event that the fire reaches the Isolation break. The link to the full contingency plan is located here (in…
Pattonville Firefighters Issue Dire Warning on Nuclear Waste
Article originally published by CBS St Louis BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOX) – A prominent fire commander is calling for the removal of nuclear waste from the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton as his department monitors an underground landfill fire nearby. “We need to quit talking about it…
Could Dooley Do More to Rid County of Nuclear Waste?
Original Article from CBS St Louis BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOX) – With an underground landfill fire burning near a nuclear dump site, activists want St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley to champion the removal of nuclear waste. “People want this radioactive waste removed,” said Dawn Chapman, a…
Chrissy sings ‘Radioactive’ by ‘Imagine Dragons’
Denise Brock’s Grandaughter sings ‘Radioactive’ by Imagine Dragons. Link
St Louis Cancer Clusters
FROM KSDK.COM: Leisa Zigman’s I-team report. ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) – There are radioactive secrets beneath the banks and waters of a north St. Louis County creek that may be linked to a staggering number of cancers, illnesses and birth defects. In four square miles, there are…
Republic’s proposed contingency plan for the Westlake Landfill Fire
This is the proposed contingency plan that Republic Services turned into the DNR per the Attorney Generals lawsuit agreement! Yes…you are reading this correctly…they want to dig an “Isolation Barrier” in the radioactive area! This is the point where we as a community start to…
Solid Waste Management Program – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill, 06/2013
Missouri Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste Management Program – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill
St. Louis Is Burning, 05/10/2013
Rolling Stone by Steven Hsieh An underground landfill fire near tons of nuclear waste raises serious health and safety concerns – so why isn’t the government doing more to help? There’s a fire burning in Bridgeton, Missouri. It’s invisible to area residents, buried deep beneath…
West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Earth City Floodplain, Apr-May 2010
Sierra Club.org by Ginger Harris While we’re discussing what shouldn’t be in a floodplain, here’s something else that shouldn’t be there: illegally dumped radioactive waste from Mallinckrodt’s processing of extremely “hot” Belgian Congo uranium for the US’s first atomic bomb. This radioactive waste is sitting behind…