EPA Does NOTHING as Nuclear Waste Calamity Inches Closer, 05/10/2017
TYT Politics by Jordan Chariton, Reporter with Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel
TESTS FIND ELEVATED RADIATION LEVELS IN MORE ST. LOUIS COUNTY HOMES, 05/09/2017
KSDK – 5OnYourSIDE by Grant Bissell http://www.ksdk.com/news/health/tests-find-elevated-radiation-levels-in-st-louis-county-homes/437944485
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
by Marco Kaltofen, Robert Alvarez, Lucas W. Hixson 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
Fox2Now by Erika Tallan Residents near West Lake Landfill see hope in proposed buyout
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…
Concerns, uncertainty continue to shroud West Lake cleanup, 09/04/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Bryce Gray A southern view of the Bridgeton Landfill where plastic membrane covers up hundreds of feet of garbage and various pipes direct leachate to the treatment plant, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 in Bridgeton. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com While…
State wins approval to test groundwater near radioactive waste at West Lake Landfill, 08/25/2016
St. Louis Public Radio by Eli Chen A special master has allowed the state to proceed with groundwater testing at wells in the portion of the West Lake Landfill where World War II-era radioactive waste has been detected. The decision Wednesday in a circuit court of…
Champ Landfill might be stinkier than Bridgeton Landfill, 08/19/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Blythe Bernard Something stinks in Bridgeton, but the source isn’t always obvious. Neighbors of the Bridgeton Landfill have complained of a foul stench since an underground fire started there in 2010. The Fred Weber asphalt plant in neighboring Maryland Heights also…
Residents demand that EPA fully remove radioactive waste from the West Lake Landfill, 08/15/2016
St. Louis Public Radio by Eli Chen At an EPA-hosted community meeting about the West Lake Landfill Superfund site, Sen. Jill Schupp asks for a show of hands regarding support for full excavation of radioactive waste. ELI CHEN Residents and local officials continued to press…
New Report shows EPA’s own experts disagree on Region 7 assessment of wastes and solution at West Lake Landfill, 07/22/2016
by Just Moms STL New Report shows EPA’s own experts disagree on Region 7 assessment of wastes and solution at West Lake Landfill.A new report released by Bob Alvarez and Lucas Hixson draws conclusion from the newly released EPA National Remedy and Review Board critique as well…
Army Corps of Engineers is right choice to clean up landfill, 07/21/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Letters to the Editor by Karen Nickel Regarding “Plan to shift West Lake cleanup to Corps hits roadblock” (July 14): Last week, I traveled to Washington to observe Reps. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, and Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, testify about the Environmental…
Editorial: Regulatory agencies treating West Lake Landfill like a hot potato, 07/14/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Editorial Board Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, pounded a witness table in frustration Wednesday over yet another obstacle to getting a federal cleanup of the nuclear waste at West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton. And she’s right. This is a table-pounding moment. Wagner…
Bipartisan legislation needed to address radioactive landfill in St. Louis, 07/08/2016
The Hill by Ed Smith The radioactive West Lake Landfill Superfund site in St. Louis County, Missouri, should have always been under the jurisdiction of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). FUSRAP is a nuclear waste cleanup program run by the Army Corps…
Higher asthma rate near Bridgeton Landfill, 07/01/2016
KSDK – 5 On Your Side by Jacob Long The 83-page report says the rates of serious respiratory illnesses are higher near the Bridgeton Landfill Compared to other parts of the county.
Messenger: Activist won’t back down in quest to rid St. Louis of nuclear waste, 06/17/16
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Tony Messenger Kay Drey owes me a quarter. Sitting across from me last week at her dining room table in University City, the 83-year-old environmentalist handed me a stack of documents and issued a challenge similar to one she’s made at…
EPA knowingly withheld West Lake Landfill secrets, 06/17/16
Big 550 KTRS with McGraw Milhaven Guest: Bill Otto
EPA: removal of the nuclear waste is feasible, 06/17/16
KSDK: 5 On Your Side by Jason Aubry
West Lake Landfill Critic “Livid” Over Just-Released EPA Study, 06/16/16
CBS St. Louis by Brett Blume BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOX) – Those who live near the radioactive West Lake landfill and have spent years trying to get it cleaned up are now even more upset with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On Wednesday, the National Remedy Review…