Thursday, May 9, 2013
West Lake Landfill is an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Site. Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal is seeking to have it transferred to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A hearing was held Wednesday morning to discuss the matter.
Local residents headed to Jefferson City, Wednesday, to testfy before a Senate committee on West Lake Landfill. The hearing is about a resolution Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal's urgeing the U.S. Congress to transfer authority for the remediation of the West Lake Landfill radioactive wastes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). View the bill introduction here. On the West Lake Landfill Facebook group, residents that testified, along with supporters that traveled to Jefferson City, expressed excitement about it. "Got back from Jefferson City less than an hour ago (from) the hearing for West Lake Landfill and it went very well," Julie…
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The meeting scheduled for April 4 at James J. Eagan Community Center in Florissant is canceled.
4-3-12 Update: The meeting scheduled for April 4 at James J. Eagan Community Center in Florissant is canceled. ---------------- The legal teams working three lawsuits regarding Coldwater Creek contamination and the health impacts on North County residents, will be hosting two town hall-style meetings next week. The meetings are an effort to inform the public on the proceedings, and to let those who feel living, playing or working near the creek negatively impacted their helath have options. The meetings are slated for Wednesday and Thursday in Hazelwood and Florissant, respectively. Each is a public meeting and is open to all residents. They will take place at the same time on both days, 6 p.m. Meeting locations are as follows: …
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
Stay up-to-date when it comes to news about the contamination and lawsuit affecting North St. Louis County residents, past and current..
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Stay up-to-date when it comes to news about the contamination and lawsuit affecting North St. Louis County residents, past and current..
Three lawsuits allege exposure to radioactive waste the Mallinckrodt chemical company produced is the reason for the health issues. One lawsuit filed in April 2012 includes a group of 16 people from Hazelwood, Florissant, Spanish Lake and St. Ann. According to the lawsuit, nuclear waste was dumped near Lambert Saint Louis International Airport and contaminated Coldwater Creek starting in the 1940s through the 1950s. The area is considered an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site. Documents express the residents report contracting various breast, testicular, brain and pancreatic cancers, Crohn's disease and other autoimmune disorders. The first suit was filed in February 2012 when North County residents had similar allegations of …
Friday, April 13, 2012
Both lawsuits include Hazelwood residents along with those from neighboring communities who feel their cancers and illnesses are a byproduct of living near the nuclear waste buried near Coldwater Creek.
North St. Louis County residents have filed a second lawsuit alleging that nuclear waste in Coldwater Creek, which is partially contained in the City of Hazelwood has caused their various illnesses including cancer, and for some death. About the Lawsuits Both lawsuits allege exposure to radioactive waste the Mallinckrodt chemical company produced, is the reason for the health issues. The second lawsuit includes a group of 16 people from Hazelwood, Florissant, Spanish Lake and St. Ann. According to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, nuclear waste was dumped near Lambert Saint Louis International Airport and contaminated Coldwater Creek starting in the 1940s through the 1950s. The area is considered an Environmental …
According to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, nuclear waste was buried near Coldwater Creek starting in the 1940s through the 1950s. Residents report contracting various cancers autoimmune disorders.
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Kathleen
11:52 am on Monday, May 6, 2013
was the creek that ran behind houses on Lynn Haven in Hazelwood, later paved over with concrete, part of the cold water creek system. Kathleen more ›