Odor log shows rise in complaints about smelly Bridgeton Landfill, 03/25/2014

St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Blythe Bernhard Last May, Kathy Bell and her husband took advantage of an offer to stay in a hotel for a few weeks to avoid odors from work being done on the Bridgeton Landfill. The day they got back, she said…

Red flags raised after hundreds of dead fish surface near West Lake Landfill, 02/15/2014

KMOV.com (KMOV) — Hundreds of dead fish surfaced near a controversial landfill raised red flags on Tuesday.  Residents want to know what caused the death of some many fish in a lake near the West Lake Landfill where radioactive waste is buried.  The lake sits…

Hospital asks EPA to step aside at West Lake Landfill, 02/11/2014

KSDK.com by Leisa Zigman Tuesday afternoon, SSM DePaul Health Center joined a growing chorus of voices connected to the West Lake Landfill asking the EPA to step aside.Last month, Washington University geochemist Bob Criss raised the same concerns. Here is a statement provided to News…

Comments on the Evaluation of Possible Impacts of a Potential SSE on the Record of Decision, 01/14/2014

Hammer Consulting Services by Todd Thalhamer REPORTS: Dated January 14, 2014  by Todd Thalhamer, P.E.    EPACommentsEvalFinal (1) Dated April 14, 2014  by Todd Thalhamer, P.E.    EPACommentsEvalAdd2 Thank You to Todd Thalhamer for fighting for our Community.

How Dangerous is the Nuclear Waste in the Bridgeton Landfill – KTRS McGraw Milhaven interview with Robert Alvarez, 11/21/2013

STL Today.com – Live in the Morning with McGraw Milhaven Robert Alvarez, a Senior Scholar at the Institute Policy Studies explains the dangers in Bridgeton.

Secrets buried beneath Westlake Landfill, 06/14/2013

KSDK.com by Lisa Zeigman ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KSDK) – For more than 30 years, a former worker has kept a secret. It is a secret he says is buried beneath the landfill and one that has haunted him for decades. But because of all the recent…

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…