West Lake Landfill

Updated 12/18/14:Groundwater under the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton is contaminated with unhealthy levels of radium.That’s according to a U.S.…

Updated 10/17/14: Republic Services has confirmed that it agreed on Thursday, in writing, to comply with all of the Missouri Department of Natural…

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…

Quite a bit of information has come out over the past month about the West Lake and Bridgeton Landfills ― some of it contradictory and confusing.So when…

At the behest of the man who had filed the suit, a U.S. District Court has dismissed a suit that had alleged the radiation from the West Lake Landfill had…

(Updated at 5:30 p.m., Fri., Aug.1, 2014)A U.S. District Court has finalized a lawsuit settlement between Bridgeton Landfill owner Republic Services and…

Soil tests conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show no health risk from radiation at the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex.The agency…

Preliminary radiation screening at the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex (BMAC) suggests the ball fields do not pose a risk to public health.The U.S.…

Updated 5/9/14 after EPA press conference:The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon begin testing a popular athletic complex in Bridgeton for…

A lawsuit filed on Friday alleges that radiation from the West Lake Landfill has spread into surrounding neighborhoods, contaminating properties there.The…