Re: [CPEO-BIF] Drum Dispoal site, Missouri

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

See the St. Louis Dispatch version at
http://m.stltoday.com/STL/db_10907/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=PWNe3vSh&storycount=147&detailindex=6&pn=&ps=&full=true

Lenny Siegel wrote:
> Years later, Mo. pollutants fear prompts retesting
>
> The Associated Press
> Belleville News-Democrat (MO)
> November 5, 2009
>
> In the 1970s, Russell Bliss used his own land in west St. Louis County 
> as a dumping ground for dioxin and other pollutants. Now, three decades 
> later, there is concern that despite millions of dollars spent on 
> cleanup, the pollutants are resurfacing.
>
> The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday that the city of Wildwood 
> has approved spending $300,000 to retest the site, where a developer now 
> wants to build 23 new homes.
>
> Meanwhile, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources wants to spend 
> $168,000 to retest land around the site and put in eight new wells to 
> monitor ground water. DNR officials are concerned that vapors from 
> pollutants could migrate into basements.
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see
> http://www.bnd.com/336/story/996106.html


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