Wash U geochemist: Fire & radioactive particles collide at landfill – Leisa Zigman, KSDK 12:15 a.m. EST January 30, 2014

Wash U geochemist: Fire & radioactive particles collide at landfill – Leisa Zigman, KSDK 12:15 a.m. EST January 30, 2014 ST. LOUIS COUNTY – There’s new information about the West Lake Landfill and the underground fires causing so much concern in our area. For the first…

New EPA report on Westlake Landfill sparks concern over worker safety.

by John Bailey KMOV.com Posted on January 28, 2014 at 5:26 PM Updated today at 6:21 PM (KMOV.com) – Tuesday night, new dangers exposed at Bridgeton’s Westlake Landfill have caused worries over worker safety. The Missouri Coalition for the Environment says EPA testing found large amounts…

Wash U scientist: Landfill hotspots ‘extremely radioactive’ – Grant Bissell, KSDK 8:30 p.m. EST January 28, 2014

BRIDGETON, Mo. – New information released Tuesday paints a clearer picture of the growing problems at the radioactive West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton. NewsChannel 5 got a look at a map of a portion of the landfill known as Area 1. It shows where the Environmental Protection…

Manhattan Project History in the St Louis and St Charles Area 1942 to Present Day

A Photo Story of the Manhattan Project’s beginning in 1942 the St. Louis Area, starting with Mallinckrodt Chemical Works and the spreading out into the St. Louis North Couty Area and St. Charles County Area where it remains to this day.   All but one…

January 15, 2014 letter from Republic to the Pattonville Fire Protection District requesting a new liason be appointed to replace Asst. Fire Chief Matt LaVanchy:

UPDATED on January 22, 2014 Below is a copy of the January 15, 2014 letter from Republic to the Pattonville Fire Protection District  requesting a new liason be appointed to replace Asst. Fire Chief Matt LaVanchy and the Response Letter from Pattonville to Republic and…

RADIOACTIVE WASTE CRISIS Like Plot From A Horror Film by Bob McCarty

One might mistake it for a plot out of a horror film or a slow-motion Fukushima disaster:  Underground fires at one landfill move closer and closer toward radioactive waste dumped decades earlier at another landfill.  At the same time, thousands of citizens, including many already…

Come Out to Bless The First Reponders of the Pattonville Fire District, 01/21/2014 (cancelled)

This has been CANCELLED due to the Weather. ** Forecast of snow overnight is expected to be lighter in west St. Louis and hopefully the roads will be cleared. We will post by 8:30 a.m. if weather conditions prevent us from meeting. The Franciscan Sisters…

Republic Services has hired John Bardgett & Associates to lobby against the HCR 3 resolution that calls for West Lake Landfill to be turned over to FUSRAP.

Attention Everyone, We have been told that Republic Services has hired John Bardgett & Associates to lobby against the HCR 3 resolution that calls for West Lake Landfill to be turned over to FUSRAP. The names of the lobbyists are Brian Bernskoetter and Randy Scherr….

Republic Services to do carbon monoxide testing at Bridgeton North Quarry per Court Agreement on January 17, 2014

  Attached is the court agreement from today stating that Republic Services must provide the State of Missouri with carbon monoxide data in February, April and June in the north quarry and in the neck of the landfill between the north and south quarry. This is…

New reports of cancers near Coldwater Creek in North County

Cancer Cluster Map in North County - July 2015 - www.coldwatercreekfacts.com

  By Blythe Bernhard bbernhard@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8129 LINK: New reports of cancers near Coldwater Creek in North County An informal survey of 3,300 current and former residents of north St. Louis County shows that more than one-third have developed cancers, a rate the residents blame on…

Report finds increased cancer cases near St. Louis County creek by Russell Kinsaul and Brendan Marks – News/4

LINK:  Report finds increased cancer cases near St. Louis County creek by Brendan Marks / KMOV.com Staff | KMOV.com Posted on January 15, 2014 at 2:07 PM Updated today at 8:59 PM  ST. LOUIS – A local group says more and more evidence continues to…

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.