/tags/just-moms-stl Just Moms STL en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-02-17/she-spent-years-fighting-the-epa-over-atomic-waste-a-new-cleanup-effort-is-decades-too-late Dawn Chapman is frustrated that it’s taken decades for the agency to announce what community members — many of whom have died or suffered illness from the exposure — knew for years. Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-02-17/she-spent-years-fighting-the-epa-over-atomic-waste-a-new-cleanup-effort-is-decades-too-late Emily Woodbury /news-briefs/2024-11-20/hawley-radiation-fund-compromise-cap-price U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said concerns about cost killed earlier efforts to renew a program for people exposed to radioactive waste. Hawley hopes a new compromise with a lower mandatory spending price tag will finally break through. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:21:02 GMT /news-briefs/2024-11-20/hawley-radiation-fund-compromise-cap-price Kate Grumke /health-science-environment/2024-09-24/signs-warning-radioactive-waste-to-be-installed-along-missouris-coldwater-creek-this-fall The signs released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers warn of ‘low-level radioactive materials present’ near the suburban St. Louis creek. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:47:59 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-09-24/signs-warning-radioactive-waste-to-be-installed-along-missouris-coldwater-creek-this-fall Allison Kite /government-politics-issues/2024-06-10/missouri-advocates-of-radiation-compensation-frustrated-over-congressional-stalemate An amendment to the annual defense spending bill fell along party lines in the House Rules Committee. The legislation would have added Missouri ZIP codes to the RECA program. Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-06-10/missouri-advocates-of-radiation-compensation-frustrated-over-congressional-stalemate Jason Rosenbaum, Kate Grumke, Will Bauer /health-science-environment/2024-05-28/missouri-radioactive-waste-victims-hawley-cori-bush-just-moms-stl-st-louis ‘I do feel hopeful,’ says Dawn Chapman, co-founder of Just Moms STL. ‘It’s just — I’m tired.’ Tue, 28 May 2024 10:05:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-05-28/missouri-radioactive-waste-victims-hawley-cori-bush-just-moms-stl-st-louis Allison Kite /health-science-environment/2024-03-07/u-s-senate-passes-funding-for-sick-st-louisans-living-near-manhattan-project-waste The Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act cleared its first major legislative hurdle on Thursday. It would provide compensation to sick St. Louisans living in areas with radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project. Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:40:57 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-03-07/u-s-senate-passes-funding-for-sick-st-louisans-living-near-manhattan-project-waste Kate Grumke /health-science-environment/2023-07-14/missouri-leaders-want-federal-government-to-pay-st-louisans-harmed-by-nuclear-contamination Nuclear contamination in the St. Louis region dates back to the 1940s. Documents show leaders of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, which processed uranium in St. Louis, knew of the contamination risks in 1949. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:05:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-07-14/missouri-leaders-want-federal-government-to-pay-st-louisans-harmed-by-nuclear-contamination Chad Davis /health-science-environment/2023-03-29/epa-finds-radioactive-contamination-in-more-areas-of-west-lake-landfill Despite pleas from community members who say the landfill is responsible for mysterious illnesses, federal environmental regulators said Tuesday they can’t provide a timeline for cleanup. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:27:55 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-03-29/epa-finds-radioactive-contamination-in-more-areas-of-west-lake-landfill Allison Kite /health-science-environment/2018-11-02/fire-breaks-out-on-surface-of-bridgeton-landfill-takes-more-than-two-hours-to-put-out Firefighters in north St. Louis County extinguished a surface fire that occurred at the Bridgeton Landfill on Friday evening.It took two and a half hours… Sat, 03 Nov 2018 02:01:51 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-11-02/fire-breaks-out-on-surface-of-bridgeton-landfill-takes-more-than-two-hours-to-put-out Eli Chen /health-science-environment/2018-05-01/residents-fear-for-west-lake-landfill-plan-after-superfund-chief-resigns The head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund Task Force resigned Tuesday after one year in the role, leaving residents in northwest St.… Tue, 01 May 2018 21:51:27 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-05-01/residents-fear-for-west-lake-landfill-plan-after-superfund-chief-resigns Lindsay Toler