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Links to media coverage of Coldwater Creek and the Bridgeton-West Lake Landfill:

1976

  • St. Louis Post Dispatch – “Confusion Over Dumping of Radioactive Wastes in County”
    https://www.atomichomefront.film/docs/SLPD-Confusion-Over-Dumping-Freivogel-May-30-1976.pdf

1989

  • St. Louis Post Dispatch – “Legacy of the Bomb: St. Louis Nuclear Waste”
    https://www.atomichomefront.film/docs/SLPD-Legacy-of-the-Bomb-February-1989.pdf

2013

  • St. Louis Post Dispatch, Blythe Bernhard – various articles
  • Rolling Stone, Steven Hsieh
    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/st-louis-is-burning-20130510
  • WNYC Radio – Leonard Lopate Show with Wall Street Journal’s John R. Emshwiller
    http://www.wnyc.org/story/americas-forgotten-nuclear-legacy/

2014

  • Wall Street Journal, John R. Emshwiller
    http://online.wsj.com/articles/radioactive-waste-in-st-louis-at-risk-from-smoldering-trash-1406219385?mod=_newsreel_4

2015

  • The Hill, Timothy Cama
    http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/252231-anger-builds-at-epa-over-radioactive-landfill
  • Associated Press/U.S. News & World Report, Jim Salter
    http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/10/06/disaster-plan-developed-in-case-fire-reaches-nuclear-waste
  • Associated Press/CBS News
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/st-louis-secretly-developed-disaster-plan-for-fire-near-nuclear-waste/
  • CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley (Did 3 news pieces)
    http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/suspicious-cancer-surge-in-st-louis-area/
  • Al Jazeera America
    http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2015/10/st-louis-landfill-fire-threatens-nuclear-waste-area.html
  • The Independent UK, Louella-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coldwater-creek-st-louis-the-area-of-missouri-under-investigation-after-unusual-numbers-of-rare-a6711616.html

2016

  • Wall Street Journal, John R. Emshwiller
    http://www.wsj.com/articles/radioactive-hot-spot-prompts-researchers-concerns-1461874573
  • The Hill, Cathy Duvall
    http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/285270-political-fight-delays-superfund-site-cleanup
  • The Washington Times, Jim Salter
    http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/22/epa-to-test-home-near-landfill-for-radioactive-con/

2017

  • The Washington Times, Jim Salter
    http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/22/epa-to-test-home-near-landfill-for-radioactive-con/
  • FOX 2 Now – “Are the Bridgeton and West Lake Landfills a toxic legacy for St. Louis?”
    http://fox2now.com/2015/11/18/are-the-bridgeton-and-west-lake-landfills-a-toxic-legacy-for-st-louis/
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch – “Protesters block entrances to West Lake today/arrests.”
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/protesters-block-two-entrances-to-west-lake-landfill/article_5343f3a1-8d0c-56dc-a540-1db2e5f38733.html
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch – “Law firm says elevated levels of radioactivity found in four more Bridgeton homes.”
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/law-firm-says-elevated-levels-of-radioactivity-found-in-four/article_fe2c7eef-b8fb-50cd-82c5-d9264ce78246.html
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch – “Farm family sues Bridgeton landfill owners over radiation.”
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/farm-family-sues-bridgeton-landfill-owners-over-radiation/article_5bea8fbb-51d6-5209-984a-b125b9e831b4.html
  • The Kansas City Star – “Help for St. Louis-area homeowners near radioactive landfill gets sliced again.”
    http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article148732619.html
  • The Missouri Times – “Amended West Lake Landfill buyout bill moves forward in House.”
    http://themissouritimes.com/40396/amended-west-lake-landfill-buyout-bill-moves-forward-house/
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch – “Chappelle-Nadal tweets that landfill buyout opponents are ‘baby killers,’ should ‘burn in hell.”
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/chappelle-nadal-tweets-that-landfill-buyout-opponents-are-baby-killers/article_7c6ed19d-5d8f-56b1-8313-292c2f179c19.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

KTRS – The McGraw Show

  • Expert Says St. Louis Dodges Bullet with Bridgeton Landfill
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvWHiPFta4g
  • The Board Meeting Takes on The Bridgeton Landfill
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcm861pZ9W4
  • The Bridgeton Landfill Burns But No One Cares
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6DN5zHwlSQ
  • Sen. Blunt Says Some Bridgeton Residents Could Have Known About Landfill
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND3HexMc-BA
  • Radiation Levels Above Normal At Athletic Complex
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LplBKfRsTEI
  • Bridgeton Held Hostage By EPA
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMuA4LlVdhY
  • How Dangerous is the Nuclear Waste in the Bridgeton Landfill
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bz68EymLlQ
  • Has Radioactive Waste in Bridgeton Landfill Reached Ground Water?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXtQAx222s
  • Blythe Bernhard Discusses the Bridgeton Landfill
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nSo1dbXbVo
  • Missouri DNR recommends legal action against owner of Bridgeton landfill
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ayqnb-JEtA
  • Mysterious Dig Takes Place at West Lake Landfill
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_wzJbCpdWs
  • WestLake Landfill Continues To Burn Yet Nothing Is Done
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weIA_fHWTUU
  • West Lake Landfill Continues to Stew
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AIAi9c1V8Q
  • West Lake Landfill Event To Be Held
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FfvdcFep0I

CBS St. Louis

  • Charlie Brennan – Tuesday, March 11th – Wall Street Journal’s John Emshwiller on Bridgeton Landfill and the EPA. 
  • Charlie Brennan – Monday, March 10th – Dawn Chapman on Bridgeton Landfill.

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