Associated Press by Jim Salter ST. LOUIS (AP) — Four members of Missouri’s congressional delegation on Thursday called for the Army Corps of Engineers to take over remediation of the West Lake Landfill site in St. Louis County, saying the Environmental Protection Agency is moving…
Blunt.Senate.Gov by Roy Blunt WASHINGTON, DC – Today, members of the Missouri congressional delegation, including Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill, and Representatives Ann Wagner and Wm. Lacy Clay, introduced legislation to transfer remediation authority over the West Lake landfill from the Environmental Protection Agency to…
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services November 4-5, 2015 Bridgeton/West Lake Landfill Radiological Sampling (Interim Report)
Examiner.com by Byron DeLear Many of you who have been following the ever-evolving West Lake Landfill story know the history of how the Manhattan Project, established during World War II to create the first working atomic weapons, produced over 125,000 tons of nuclear waste in St. Louis,…
To Download this flyer click here: Flyer 11.19.15 Click here for the Timeline Flyer with November 2015 Events, the meeting flyer above and contact numbers: History Timeline and Upcoming Events – November 2015
Fox2Now.com Chris Regnier BRIDGETON, MO (KTVI)- An activist group is asking Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to declare a state of emergency at the West Lake Landfill. The group, Just Moms STL, delivered a petition with more than 11,000 signatures to Governor Nixon’s office today asking…
This will be updated with new information and stories for this week. October 24, 2015 – Brush Fire at North Quarry side of the Bridgeton Landfill — fire just 75 feet from the West Lake Landfill radioactive waste. http://www.infowars.com/special-report-landfill-fire-rages-toward-radioactive-waste/http://fox2now.com/2015/10/24/brush-fire-at-west-lake-landfill-sparks-concern/ http://www.infowars.com/special-report-landfill-fire-rages-toward-radioactive-waste/http://fox2now.com/2015/10/24/brush-fire-at-west-lake-landfill-sparks-concern/ October 26,…
Neighbors clash with EPA over landfill findings, 10/26/2015 KSDK.com Jacob Long BRIDGETON, Mo. – Tempers flared repeatedly Monday at a public meeting about two controversial landfills in St. Louis County. Hundreds of concerned residents came out to get an update from officials with the Environmental Protection Agency….
Submitted to: U.S. EPA, Region 7 Prepared by: Tetra Tech, Inc. EPA has published its Emergency Response Activity Report for the surface fire that occurred at the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site on October 24, 2015. The surface fire did not threaten any radiologically impacted…
Just Moms STL
Just Moms STL Here are pictures taken at the Bridgeton Landfill on October 24, 2015, while the grass was burning. The winds at the time were between 13-15 mph from West or West- Northwest. This was just 3.5 to 4 car lengths from the West Lake…
Fox2Now by Kelley Hoskins Photo Credit: R. Daily http://fox2now.com/2015/10/24/brush-fire-at-west-lake-landfill-sparks-concern/
L.A. Times.com by Matt Pearce A fire is smoldering beneath a landfill in a densely populated suburb of St. Louis — and it has been there for five years. Underground landfill fires, or “smoldering events” as some officials call them, aren’t rare. What makes the…
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry An Evaluation of Radiation in Groundwater and Air, West Lake Operable Unit 1
WE NEED EVERYONES HELP!!!!!! Remember there is power in numbers! We are focusing on making phone calls to Senator Blunts office for the rest of this week. EVERY DAY from 8am-4pm please call his WASHINGTON DC office. Make it a part of your daily routine!!!!…
CNN iReport By cdavison If ever there were an issue that needed executive action from the White House, it’s the radioactive West Lake Landfill. Located in densely populated north St. Louis County, the site contains nearly 50,000 tons of highly radiotoxic, uncontained nuclear waste produced…
