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A cautionary sign at a fence around the West Lake Landfill Superfund site, which contains World War II-era nuclear waste.

Army Corps of Engineers says it can't speed cleanup of West Lake Landfill

Eli Chen

Transferring authority for the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not speed up removal of radioactive waste from the…

This photo of Coldwater Creek flooding was taken from the Dunn Road bridge on Monday.

Health, Science & Environment

Army Corps to Coldwater Creek residents: One park clean, more work to come

A north St. Louis County park is now clean of radioactive material from the nearby contaminated Coldwater Creek, now that remediation by the Army Corps of…

In Jan. 2014, an online survey had collected 1,242 reports of cancer from current and former residents of the neighborhoods around Coldwater Creek in North St. Louis County.

Health, Science & Environment

Survey Shows Numerous Cancers, Other Diseases, Near North St. Louis County Creek

New data are adding to concerns that exposure to radioactive waste in Coldwater Creek could be causing cancers and other health problems.Nuclear waste…

Government, Politics & Issues

Angry crowd spars with state and federal officials over Bridgeton, West Lake landfills

Jo Mannies

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 26, 2013: For two and a half hours, federal and state officials were bombarded Tuesday night…

Health, Science & Environment

Rates Of Radiation-Related Cancers Not Higher Near Coldwater Creek, Study Says

Residents of the area around Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County do not have higher rates of cancers caused by exposure to radiation. That's the…