Superfund

This radiation warning sign is one of many posted on the chain link fence surrounding part of the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Mo.

EPA plans to conduct further testing for radioactive waste at West Lake Landfill

Eli Chen

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to conduct further testing for radioactive contamination at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton.…

Southeast Missouri State University graduate student Kathy Hixson prepares to draw blood from a male bluebird at the Madison County Mines Superfund Site in Fredericktown, Missouri

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In Missouri’s lead district, songbirds study could tell us if mining has harmed the environment

Eli Chen

In Fredericktown, Missouri, three women walked towards what looked like a Martian landscape.The sparsely vegetated area covered in reddish-tan dirt, once…

The location of the Sauget Area 1 Superfund site.

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Chemical companies to pay $15 million to clean up Sauget Superfund site

Eli Chen

Four chemical companies could have to pay $14.8 million to clean up a federal Superfund site in Sauget.The settlement, which needs court approval, would…

At an EPA-hosted community meeting about the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in mid-2016, Bridgeton Councilwoman Linda Eaker asks for a show of hands regarding support for full excavation of radioactive waste.

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Residents demand that EPA fully remove radioactive waste from the West Lake Landfill

Eli Chen

Residents and local officials continued to press the Environmental Protection Agency for full removal of radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill…

The location of the Ellisville Superfund site. The Callahan Subsite is a section of the Ellisville site as a whole.

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Wildwood unhappy with EPA effort to delist Superfund site

Eli Chen

The Environmental Protection Agency has again attempted to assure the city of Wildwood that a former toxic dumping site is now safe. However, local…

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

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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…

Sphalerite, or zinc ore, from the Royal Cornwall Museum Collection.

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Former zinc smelter in Fairmont City added to EPA list for cleanup

Updated on April 7, 2016 at 10:45 a.m. with comments from the EPA: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined that further actions are…

May 2015 graduates. Front row from left to right: Sean Marks, Cory Chandler, Prince Farris-Settles, Alvin Love, Michael Harris (red shirt). Back row from left to right: Matt Hermeyer (white shirt), Paul Oryem, Sean Kempf, Joel Smith, Stacey Robinson.

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St. Louis environmental job training program gets financial boost from feds

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding St. Louis Community College just over $190 thousand to continue its environmental job training…

This photo of the former Carter Carburetor plant was taken in Aug. 2011, prior to the start of the cleanup.

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Carter Carburetor cleanup behind schedule, but moving ahead

Updated 3/13/15 after the meeting:Demolition of the old Carter Carburetor plant on North Grand Avenue is expected to begin this summer.That's according to…

Lois Gibbs holds her daughter Missy stands outside her Love Canal home in Niagara Falls, N.Y., in 1978.

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Environmental Activist To Address Bridgeton Landfill Concerns

Environmental activist Lois Gibbs will be in St. Louis this weekend for a “teach-in” to address problems at the adjoining Bridgeton and West Lake…