St. Louis burning: America’s atomic legacy haunts city, 04/29/2015

America.Aljazeera.com Ryan Schuessler County parks, homes, businesses remain open and untested after decades of exposure to potentially contaminated creek This is part one of a three-part series examining the effects of radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project on St. Louis and its suburbs. HAZELWOOD, Mo….

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

Exit Interview: EPA’s Karl Brooks says St. Louis still has challenges, 03/01/2015

St. Louis Public Radio Veronique LaCapra The man who has been overseeing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s work in Missouri is moving on to join the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Here, Karl Brooks reflects on some of St. Louis’ biggest issues, including West Lake…

New hot spots near radioactive waste at Bridgeton Landfill discovered, 02/11/2015

KMOV.com by Brendan Marks BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOV.com) – New concerns have arisen for residents in Bridgeton as fire officials say they have discovered new underground hot spots near radioactive material. An expert in the Pattonville Fire Department used an infrared camera to show the hot…

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…

St. Louis (FUSRAP) Community Meeting on updates to Coldwater Creek Clean up, 01/29/2015

St. Louis (FUSRAP – Formerly Utilized Sites Remediation Action Plan/Program) Community Meeting on updates to the Coldwater Creek Clean up Efforts by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and an introduction the the new head of the St. Louis County Health Dept and the Epidemiologist…

Regional West Lake Landfill Community Meeting, 01/22/2015

How you can help – Contact your Federally Elected Officials, ask them to have this site moved from Superfund under the EPA to Formerly Utilized Sites Remediation Action Plan aka FUSRAP under the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. This applies to all States, not just…

City of St Ann Board of Alderman Workshop Hearing Leachate Pipe Construction St Charles Rock Rd, 12/29/2014

Board of Aldermen for the City of St. Ann hold a hearing on the Force Main pipe being installed by MSD down St Charles Rock Road from the Bridgeton / Republic Landfill to the lift station at the intersection of 170 and St. Charles Rock…

USGS Water Report is out!! Verifies the need to COMPLETE testing and characterization of the North Quarry! 12/17/2014

Just Moms STL -USGS states that radioactive materials could have physically moved into the north and south quarry (USGS pg. 4, 25, 35) -The report does NOT look at the unnatural ratio of U238 to U235 found even in water wells that are below MCL….

Just Moms STL Demand Meeting with EPA Administrator McCarthy on the Smoldering and Radioactive West Lake Landfill, 11/18/2014

Just Moms STL Press Release to EPA http://www.stlradwastelegacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Just-Moms-STL-Press-Release-to-EPA-on-VOCs_20141118.pdf

State Says Bridgeton Landfill Owner Must Do More To Contain Fire’s Spread, 10/16/2014

St. Louis Public Radio by VÉRONIQUE LACAPRA Updated 10/17/14: Republic Services has confirmed that it agreed on Thursday, in writing, to comply with all of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ requirements ― although the company remains committed to its position that the additional measures are not needed….

MDNR: Comments on Isolation Barrier Alternative Analysis for West Lake, 10/10/2014

State of Missouri, Department of Natural Resources by Aaron Schmidt, Division Deputy Director Analysis Report Just Moms STL GREAT news!  This is the BEST letter so far written by the State of Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources Solid Waste Management Program & Hazardous Waste Program to…

West Lake Landfill Teach In Lois Gibbs of CHEJ and Love Canal, 10/04/2014

Just Moms STL Special Guest: Lois Gibbs “Of all the sites that I have visited, this is by far the worst.” Lois Gibbs on West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton Lois Gibbs, founder of the Center for Health and Environmental Justice (CHEJ) and nominated for the…