Tag Archives: St. Louis

Anti-nuclear activist tours north St. Louis County sites contaminated with radioactive waste via St. Louis Pubic Radio

Posted on 2016/02/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

An internationally recognized anti-nuclear activist and Australian physician said the radioactive contamination in north St. Louis County is “worse than most places” she’s investigated. Dr. Helen Caldicott toured several local sites Friday afternoon, including: the recently remediated St. Cin Park … Continue reading →

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An underground fire is burning near radioactive waste. Don’t worry, EPA says via The Washington Post

Posted on 2016/02/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Her first clue that something was wrong came as she ran her hands through her baby boy’s hair. “My child was losing his hair in clumps,” Meagan Beckermann recalls. A doctor traced the problem to alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that can … Continue reading →

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STLCC-Wildwood Hosts Symposium on Nuclear Waste and Occupational Illness via St. Louis Community College

Posted on 2016/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Leading experts on radioactive waste will discuss nuclear weapons development in a special symposium on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 6-9 p.m. at St. Louis Community College-Wildwood, 2645 Generations Drive in Wildwood. In the symposium, titled “The Atoms Next Door,” panelists … Continue reading →

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Senate bill to shift oversight of nuclear waste in landfill via The Washington Times

Posted on 2016/02/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could transfer oversight of a St. Louis County landfill containing nuclear waste to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and away from the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection … Continue reading →

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More radioactivity turns up near St. Louis-area illegal nuclear waste dump landfill via Canmua

Posted on 2016/01/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

radioactivity turns up near St. Louis-area illegal nuclear waste dump landfill : A Missouri agency has found more off-site radiation contamination near a St. Louis-area landfill where nuclear waste was illegally dumped four decades ago. BRIDGETON, MISSOURI – A Missouri … Continue reading →

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7 more nuclear waste “hot spots” found in St. Louis suburb via CBS

Posted on 2015/12/23 by norma field

NORTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Three-hundred residents of North St. Louis County crowded into a local gym, anxious about what they would hear. Soil near the local creek was contaminated by improperly stored nuclear weapons waste in the 1960’s … Continue reading →

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New nuclear hot spots near Coldwater Creek still a secret via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted on 2015/12/10 by norma field

It’s too early to name the seven new radioactive hot spots found near Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County, federal officials said Wednesday. “We have contacted the owners (of the properties) but are not yet ready to release the … Continue reading →

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“Hot spot” near nuclear waste has St. Louis residents on edge via CBS

Posted on 2015/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

There is growing fear in a suburban St. Louis community over a potential threat buried in the ground. A local landfill contains nuclear waste and just three football fields away, a “hot spot” has been burning underground in a second … Continue reading →

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Residents in St Louis dying in record numbers from World War II radioactive waste via news.com.au

Posted on 2015/10/27 by norma field

N 2011, residents across an American community in St Louis began to notice a chain of inexplicably high incidents of cancer and disease across its population. For decades, both former and current residents from approximately 90 municipalities in the Missouri … Continue reading →

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Family practices evacuation in case of West Lake Landfill radiation leak via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted on 2015/10/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Karen Meadows blows an airhorn in the kitchen of her house at 9 a.m. to start a drill and then she and her seven children scrambled out the door like they would in the event they need to evacuate their … Continue reading →

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