‘Atomic Homefront’: St. Louis Residents Fire Back at EPA Over Local Nuclear Waste (Exclusive Video), 11/14/2017
The Hollywood Reporter by Hilary Lewis The film, which premieres at the Doc NYC festival, follows a group of moms-turned-activists as they confront government agencies and corporations over the illegal dumping of radioactive waste in their neighborhood. A group of concerned St. Louis residents confront…
Residents urge EPA to excavate Bridgeton landfill, relocate neighbors, 10/20/2017
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Bryce Gray BRIDGETON • One after another, dozens of north St. Louis County residents issued resounding calls for full excavation of the contents of West Lake Landfill and relocation of nearby residents, as the Environmental Protection Agency approaches a cleanup decision for…
EPA plans to conduct further testing for radioactive waste at West Lake Landfill, 10/20/2019
St. Louis Public Radio by Eli Chen The Environmental Protection Agency plans to conduct further testing for radioactive contamination at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton. Albert Kelly, senior adviser to EPA administrator Scott Pruitt and the head of the agency’s Superfund Task…
Fighting the Toxic Nightmare Next Door, 09/28/2017
A Footnote Worth Noting, 09/05/2017
STL Reporter Factoring in punctuation marks and MDNR’s double-talk changes the equation of the latest findings at the radioactively-contaminated West Lake Landfill site. In many ways, the test results released by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources last month are as unclear as the turbid stormwater the agency…
Pruitt says EPA will create top 10 list for Superfund Cleanup, 07/25/2017
Mom’s Group Calls for Radiation Tests at Fishing Pond, 07/12/2017
KMOX News Radio 1120 by Kevin Killeen BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOX) – A West Lake Landfill neighborhood group is calling on the state of Missouri to run tests to determine if rain water runoff from the nuclear dump site has seeped into a pond where children swim…
West Lake Landfill – Additional Details About Site Status, June 2017
EPA EPA in Missouri SUMMARY Steady progress toward final remedy – EPA is focused on reaching a final remedy decision that is compliant with the law, based on sound science, and considers the state’s position and key concerns in accordance with the National Contingency Plan….
EPA fudged its 2014 test results of the Bridgeton Athletic Complex, 06/07/2017
Stella Maris Productions The EPA fudged its 2014 test results of the Bridgeton Athletic Complex, assuring the public that the ballfields were safe, while withholding data that warranted further investigation. Internal EPA emails show the agency was aware that radiation levels at the Bridgeton Athletic…
Missouri delegation to try again to shift cleanup of West Lake to Corps of Engineers, 05/22/2017
St. Louis Post-Dispatch By Chuck Raasch WASHINGTON • Members of Missouri’s congressional delegation plan to re-introduce legislation Wednesday that would shift cleanup responsibility of the West Lake Landfill from the Environmental Protection Agency to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, even though the Corps has…
Editorial: EPA’s findings around West Lake Landfill prompt conflict-of-interest questions, 05/22/2017
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by The Editorial Board The Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement Thursday that test results showed no evidence of radioactive contamination in Bridgeton houses near the West Lake Landfill would have been more reassuring if EPA had not chosen a testing company that lists…
Scott Pruitt on cleaning up last administration’s toxic mess, 05/17/2017
Fox and Friends Guest: Scott Pruitt, EPA Director May 17, 2017 Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com May. 17, 2017 – 3:11 – On ‘Fox & Friends,’ the EPA administrator speaks out about contaminated sites left behind by Obama administration. EPA Director, Scott Pruitt, mentions…
EPA Does NOTHING as Nuclear Waste Calamity Inches Closer, 05/10/2017
TESTS FIND ELEVATED RADIATION LEVELS IN MORE ST. LOUIS COUNTY HOMES, 05/09/2017
Farm family sues Bridgeton landfill owners over radiation, 05/09/2017
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Robert Patrick ST. LOUIS COUNTY • Twenty-seven owners of a farm adjacent to the West Lake and Bridgeton landfills sued the landfills’ owners and two landfill workers in St. Louis County Circuit Court Thursday, alleging that radioactive waste has contaminated the…
Forensic Microanalysis of Manhattan Project Legacy Radioactive Wastes in St. Louis, MO, 04-14-2017
Residents near West Lake Landfill see hope in proposed buyout, 01/11/2017
RADIOACTIVE WASTE CONFIRMED INSIDE FAMILY HOME AND BUSINESS SURROUNDING WEST LAKE LANDFILL, 11/15/2016
EPA Agrees Its Emissions Estimates From Flaring May Be Flawed, 10/13/2016
Inside Climate News by David Hasemyer Agency says it will re-examine the formulas it uses, based on data provided by industry, and people near oil and gas sites hope that means cleaner air. ***This could be important for the flares at the Bridgeton Landfill.*** A…