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Call upon St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley to get rid of nuclear wastes

Could Dooley Do More to Rid County of Nuclear Waste?  CBS St Louis, August 12, 2013 BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOX) – With an underground landfill fire burning near a nuclear dump site, activists want St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley to champion the removal of nuclear waste.

“People want this radioactive waste removed,” said Dawn Chapman, a Maryland Heights mother of three who helps run a Facebook page on the West Lake Landfill.

Chapman says among the north St. Louis County residents she regularly meets with, there is a growing alarm over the status quo of raising children near a nuclear waste site……….

In 2009, the St. Louis County Council passed a resolution calling for the removal of nuclear waste from the West Lake Landfill but Dooley never signed the resolution.

A Dooley spokesman says it’s not unusual for the County Executive to leave a symbolic resolution unsigned.

In late July, KMOX asked Dooley about concerns of residents and activists that he is taking too low a profile on the nuclear waste issue…… http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/08/12/could-dooley-do-more-to-rid-county-of-nuclear-waste/

August 13, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general