OUT NOW!! — Are we really safe?
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Fluid released at landfill possibly toxic by Grant Bissell / News 5
LINK: Fluid released at landfill possibly toxic BRIDGETON, Mo. (KSDK) – A spokesman for the Bridgeton landfill calls it an emergency discharge to prevent a spill, but the bottom line is that extremely smelly, black liquid and harmful gasses buried within the burning dump were…
EPA testing Bridgeton landfill as concern grows over radiation by Ray Preston / News 4
KMOV.com) – Workers with the Environmental Protection Agency were at site of the Bridgeton Landfill on Monday as concern continues to mount an underground fire is moving closer to radioactive material. Officials say the EPA will be using “sonic drilling equipment” to dig into…
Cold Water Creek – Just the Facts Group announced they will be releasing Health Data on January 15, 2014
“Coldwater Creek-Just the Facts Please” Facebook group is happy to announce updated maps with disease information provided to the Facebook page will be released on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014. Please make plans to attend the West Lake Landfill Community Meeting at 6:30 pm THIS WEDNESDAY…
Air Monitoring Results — January 6-8th please read!!
Photo of south slope of South Quarry, Bridgeton Landfill, Dec. 25, 2013 Jan 8, 2014 — Air Monitoring Results — Air monitoring activities continue as the department collects data via our AreaRAE system on a 24 hour per day/7 day per week basis.** Daily monitoring…
Attorney General Chris Koster files application for further relief under the First Agreed Order of Preliminary Injunction
Jan. 9, 2014 – Attorney General Chris Koster files application for further relief under the First Agreed Order of Preliminary Injunction. Read the news release. View the filing PDF. http://www.dnr.mo.gov/bridgeton/index.html
PLEASE REPORT THE ODOR!!!! WE CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH….Odor Alert — Jan. 8, 2014
PLEASE REPORT THE ODOR!!!! WE CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH….Odor Alert — Jan. 8, 2014 — Bridgeton Landfill advised the department that they are experiencing issues with the facility’s flare system and the VOC’s [benezene and othes] are not being burned off but released into the air….
McGraw Milhaven interview on January 7, 2014 with State Representative Bill Otto on the Bridgeton / West Lake Landfill issue.
State Representative Bill Otto talks with McGraw Milhaven about West Lake Landfill and the obnoxious odors emanating from the Bridgeton Landfill that is affecting Communities surrounding the landfill. Plus, the latest ground water report and the newest release from the EPA, that more Radioactive Waste…
PLEASE REPORT THE ODOR!!!! WE CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH….Odor Alert — Jan. 6, 2014
PLEASE REPORT THE ODOR!!!! WE CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH….Odor Alert — Jan. 6, 2014 — Bridgeton Landfill advised the department that they are experiencing issues with the facility’s flare system as a result of the extremely low temperatures. Odors are currently being detected off-site. Bridgeton…
West Lake Community Meeting on 01/09/2014 Cancelled; new date is 01/15/2014 – 6:30pm
West Lake Community Meeting on January 9th has been cancelled; the new date and time is WEDNESDAY, January 15th at 6:30 p.m. International Union of Operating Engineers Hall 513 3449 Hollenburg Drive; Bridgeton, MO Due to the current weather conditions and the future forecast of additional…
Odor Alert at Bridgeton Landfill, 01/06/2014
Odor Alert — Jan. 6, 2014 — Bridgeton Landfill advised the department that they are experiencing issues with the facility’s flare system as a result of the extremely low temperatures. Odors are currently being detected off-site. Bridgeton Landfill staff are working to return the flare…
MO-DNR Leachate Spill of 12/12/13 Location and Clean Up Progress. Photos posted by MO-DNR site on 01/03/14
Neighbors Fume at Radioactive Dump, 12/29/2013
The Wall Street Journal by John R. Emshwiller Legacy of Atomic-Era Weapons Work in St. Louis Suburb Stirs Worries About Health, Environment BRIDGETON, Mo.—A dispute is smoldering here, in one sense quite literally, over what to do with thousands of tons of radioactive waste in…
MO-DNR Updates
Photos of work in the landfill’s storm water basin from on-site visit to Bridgeton Landfill Dec. 19, 2013 Dec. 30, 2013 — Bridgeton Landfill notified the department today that over the weekend and early Monday morning two sumps malfunctioned allowing odors to be released. Dec….
Dec. 18, 2013 – Bridgeton Landfill work crews continue to work on a clean-up of a leachate spill that occurred last week.
The DNR has updated their site with pictures of last weeks 40,000 gallon leachate spill in which they are still cleaning up as of today. Attached is a link you can scroll through and look at the photos…..http://www.dnr.mo.gov/bridgeton/index.html Dec. 18, 2013 – Bridgeton Landfill work crews…
Has Radioactive Waste in the Bridgeton Landfill Reached the Ground Water?
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 on The McGraw Show; Policy Advisor for State Representative Bill Otto; Harvey Ferdman talks about the newest report released on Monday regarding the finding of more radioactive waste at the Bridgeton / West Lake Landfill. To watch the interview, please click…
More Radioactive was found in West Lake Landfill – A News Channel 5 Report
More radioactive waste is buried beneath the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton that first thought. Grant Bissell has the latest. Crews find new pockets of radioactive waste
West Lake Landfill – EPA briefing to Elected Offical’s
Excerpt from the Report “At EPA’s direction and under its oversight, the potentially responsible parties have agreed to promptly expand and intensify their survey work to investigate for the presence of this material.” So, they found it where they didn’t think it could/would be and…
More Radioactive Waste Found at Bridgeton Landfill – St. Louis Post Dispatch Article by Margaret Gillerman
FLORISSANT • Additional radioactive material has been discovered at a Bridgeton landfill, according to Florissant City Engineer Tim Barrett. In a letter to Florissant Mayor Thomas Schneider, who had requested an update, Barrett said that he spoke with someone from the state Department of Natural…