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…
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…
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…
TYT Politics by Jordan Chariton, Reporter with Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel
KSDK – 5OnYourSIDE by Grant Bissell http://www.ksdk.com/news/health/tests-find-elevated-radiation-levels-in-st-louis-county-homes/437944485
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…
by Marco Kaltofen, Robert Alvarez, Lucas W. Hixson Forensic Microanalysis of Manhattan Project Legacy Radioactive Wastes in St. Louis, MO, 04-14-2017
Fox2Now by Erika Tallan http://fox2now.com/2017/01/11/residents-near-west-lake-landfill-see-hope-in-proposed-buyout/
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…
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…
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.
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…
