Editorial: Governor should take the muzzle off landfill contractors, 09/10/2014

St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Deb Peterson It’s time for state and federal officials and privately ownedRepublic Services to stop giving residents in the West Lake and Bridgeton landfill areas the runaround. And it’s way past time for Gov. Jay Nixon to stop muzzling his employees and contractors — who…

Report: Landfill fire may be moving closer to waste, 09/05/2014

KSDK Grant Bissell BRIDGETON, Mo. – A new report suggests an underground fire at the Bridgeton Landfill may be moving closer to nuclear waste buried nearby. The information comes just days after it was announced construction on a barrier between the fire and the waste…

State Concerned About Potential For Surface Fire At Bridgeton Landfill, 07/03/2014

St. Louis Public Radio by Veronique LaCapra Updated 7/3/14 with a link to the state’s finalized Incident Management Plan for the Bridgeton Landfill. State agency officials are concerned that the underground fire at the Bridgeton Landfill could break through to the surface.

AG Koster reaches agreement with Republic Services on additional fire and odor control measures at the Bridgeton Landfill, 06/19/2014

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster St. Louis, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster today announced that he has reached an agreement with Republic Services on a series of additional measures to control the underground fire and ongoing odor nuisance at the Bridgeton Landfill. An amended…

Cancer-causing gas (Benzene) detected at Bridgeton Landfill on 06/03/2014

KSDK.com by Brandie Piper BRIDGETON, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed an injunction Monday asking for more aggressive monitoring of the Bridgeton Landfill after benzene gas was detected Saturday.  Koster wants additional odor control, better monitoring of the site, and more air control…

EPA begins tests at Bridgeton Athletic Complex, 05/19/2014

Fox2Now by Bonita Cornute BRIDGETON, MO (KTVI)-Teams are gathered at the Bridgeton Athletic Complex for Monday night games. But earlier in the day, teams mobilized at the complex for a non-sporting event. They hope to determine if there’s a threat for exposure to radiological material….

Bridgeton residents get new radiation results, 05/07/2014

KSDK by Farrah Fazal BRIDGETON, Mo. – Some important people are now paying attention to a group of moms worried about radiation at the Bridgeton Athletic Complex. Dawn Chapman and the other moms said the Environmental Protection Agency and the City of Bridgeton wouldn’t test the…

Editorial: The Bridgeton ball fields blues, 05/03/2014

St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Deb Peterson Photo by J.B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.com At ball fields across the St. Louis region this week, many conversations between innings likely went something like this: “You hear about the nuclear waste at the Bridgeton fields?” “Yeah, it sounds bad. My kids…

St. Charles County Council passes Resolution, 04/28/2014

St. Charles County Council Substitute Resolution 13-17/14-04 – Sponsored by Joe Cronin – A Resolution requesting the United States Congress to transfer the responsibility for the radioactive waste cleanup at West Lake Landfill from the EPA Superfund Program to the Corps of Engineers formerly utilized…

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…

Mesh barrier to be placed at West Lake Landfill along St. Charles Rock Road, 04/16/2014

STL Today.com by Blythe Bernhard The owners of the radioactive West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton will place a mesh barrier inside the fence along St. Charles Rock Road to capture “windblown solid waste” during an upcoming dig, according to an agreement effective today. A mesh…

Law firm donates radiation detector to residents around West Lake Landfill, 04/15/2014

STL Today.com by Blythe Bernhard The group Just Moms StL received from the Finney Law Office today a GammaPal device that can detect radiation in soil. A main area of concern is the ball fields at the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex less than a mile…

Moms want to test for radiation in Bridgeton, 04/15/2014

KSDK.com by Casey Nolen ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) – If the federal government won’t test for radiation, some West Lake Landfill neighbors say they’ll do it themselves. Dawn Chapman and her group, Just Moms STL, plan to deploy radiation detectors in St. Louis County by…

Lawsuit: West Lake Landfill radioactivity has spread off-site, 04/11/2014

STL Today.com by Robert Patrick, Blythe Bernhard ST. LOUIS • A lawyer for a man who has lived near the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton for more than 30 years, and the lawsuit that he filed Friday, say for the first time that radiation has…

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…