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Stingy allocation for St. Louis-area homeowners near radioactive landfill

Help for St. Louis-area homeowners near radioactive landfill gets sliced again KANSAS CITY STAR, BY ALLISON PECORIN, apecorin@kcstar.com JEFFERSON CITY 

Getting money allocated for a buyout program for homes near a toxic landfill just northwest of St. Louis has been a multiyear mission for state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal.

And she says that mission took a big setback Wednesday as lawmakers were putting finishing touches on the state’s $27 billion budget.

Chappelle-Nadal originally asked for $12.5 million to fund the program, which would have been enough to buy out 91 eligible homes and a small trailer park near the West Lake Landfill. The landfill stores radioactive waste left over from the Manhattan Project, and neighbors have long complained that exposure to the landfill causes asthma, cancer and other chronic illnesses…….http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article148732619.html

May 10, 2017 - Posted by | politics, USA

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