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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Examiner by Byron DeLear In a shocking revelation concerning the ongoing saga of the radioactive West Lake Landfill, yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report it had suppressed for more than three years. In it, the National Remedy Review Board (NRRB), a peer-review group…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jacob Barker Removing the hottest radioactive waste within the West Lake Landfill is feasible and could reduce long-term risks from the Bridgeton-area landfill, an internal Environmental Protection Agency report says. The report, released by the agency voluntarily Wednesday, bolsters the arguments…
CBS – St. Louis ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The long smoldering problem of the Westlake Landfill may be headed for a hearing soon in the U.S. House. Missouri Congressman Lacy Clay is backing a plan to transfer the cleanup duties from the EPA to the Army…
The Vice by Amy Martyn What do you do when there’s 10,000 barrels of illegally dumped uranium two miles away from your home and the government tells you not to worry about it? Dawn Chapman and her family are stuck in an absurd and depressing…
STL Reporter Low Standards and Ethical Lapses Are Still the Rule More Than a Century After Muckraker Lincoln Steffens Exposed St. Louis’ Politically Corrupt Environment. CITY COUNCIL – BRIDGETON CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 21, 2014 http://bridgetonmo.swagit.com/play/05232014-544 To understand how St. Louis County’s longstanding radioactive waste…
STL Reporter Low Standards and Ethical Lapses Are Still the Rule More Than a Century After Muckraker Lincoln Steffens Exposed St. Louis’ Politically Corrupt Environment. http://bridgetonmo.swagit.com/play/05232014-544 To understand how St. Louis County’s longstanding radioactive waste problem has been covered up, you need knowledge of the…
