Tag Archives: St. Louis

Radiation contamination concerns after Cold Water Creek flooding in Hazelwood via Fox2

Posted on 2016/08/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Residents at a Hazelwood apartment complex woke up this morning to find their cars submerged after a nearby creek over flowed. There’s more to be worried about then just water damage from Cold Water Creek. … Continue reading →

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There’s No Covering Up This One — Visible Pollution Leaking from NY Nuclear Plant via Activist Post

Posted on 2016/07/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] According to the Democrat and Chronicle, Entergy Corporation, which operates the plant, found the source of the oil on the roof of a turbine building, said Neil Sheehan, a public affairs officer for the NRC. “It appears about 20 … Continue reading →

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Messenger: Activist won’t back down in quest to rid St. Louis of nuclear waste via St. Louis Post Dispatch

Posted on 2016/06/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] We’re in her dining room to talk about West Lake Landfill and the nuclear waste that was dumped there illegally decades ago. The radioactive waste dates to the production of the first atomic bomb, a double-edged sword of a … Continue reading →

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Two Stay-at-Home Moms Are Waging War Against the Feds Over Illegal Toxic Waste via Broadly

Posted on 2016/06/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

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 … Continue reading →

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Radioactive materials found in West Lake runoff area via St. Louis Pubic Radio

Posted on 2016/05/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactive material has been discovered in a drainage area located in the northwest portion of the West Lake Landfill. The federal Environmental Protection Agency ordered landfill owner Republic Services and the Cotter Corporation to collect sediment samples in March in … Continue reading →

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How Do You Put Out A Subterranean Fire Beneath A Mountain Of Trash?　via FiveThirtyEight

Posted on 2016/05/12 by norma field

The Bridgeton Landfill, about 20 miles northwest of St. Louis, is in many ways a typical pile of trash. Bridgeton is a layer cake of garbage and dirt at the bottom of an old limestone quarry, all of it covered … Continue reading →

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Radioactive Hot Spot Prompts Researchers’ Concerns via the Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2016/05/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Researchers contend contamination could pose risk to homes near St. Louis; officials say waste is contained However, a group of private researchers funded by an environmental activist, including a former senior official of the Clinton administration’s Energy Department, is challenging … Continue reading →

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Ghosts Of Hiroshima Haunt Fuming Landfill Near Ferguson, Missouri via The Seattle Medium

Posted on 2016/04/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BRIDGETON, Mo. – Outside Ferguson, Missouri, another issue burns. This time, it’s environmental. An underground fire smolders toward radioactive waste tied to the atomic bombs that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This subterranean inferno threatens to sicken area residents, just 10 … Continue reading →

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EPA to clean radioactive contamination found on private property next to West Lake Landfill via St. Louis Public Radio

Posted on 2016/04/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Ed Smith of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment calls Friday’s findings “fairly significant.” “The EPA has said previously that the radioactivity is not off-site and it appears the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has found radioactivity off-site,” he said. … Continue reading →

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EPA: Nuclear Waste Closer to Bridgeton Landfill Fire via CBS/St. Louis

Posted on 2016/03/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster says the new data places the radioactive waste “hundreds of feet” closer to the fire than previously known. The Neighborhood Moms group spokesman Dawn Chatman now worries they won’t have enough time to build … Continue reading →

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