Superfund

Steve Mahfood, former director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, says Herculaneum’s not-so-distant past stands as a compelling reminder of how community members and state officials can band together to hold a polluter accountable.

For those concerned about Superfund sites in Missouri and Illinois, the EPA’s newly announced cleanup plans for 49 sites across the U.S come as great news. But community members say it’s also a reminder of just how much work still needs to be done.

Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC have entered into a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up four former landfills and waste lagoons in Sauget.

Jefferson County health officials plan this year to increase testing for lead contamination in residential areas near where companies mined for heavy…

After six years of building demolitions and excavations, workers have finished cleaning up the Carter Carburetor Superfund site in north St. Louis. The…

Missouri Mining Inc. plans to create up to 700 jobs by reopening a mine at a Superfund site in Fredericktown, Missouri. The company wants to extract…

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to conduct additional tests for radioactive contamination at the West Lake Landfill, which would delay its…

Bridgeton Landfill LLC, owner of the West Lake Landfill, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt to help pay for the cost of…

Updated at 12:10 p.m. Sept. 28 — The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to remove radioactive waste from the West Lake Landfill…

About 55 miles southwest of St. Louis, Steven Anderson — who owns an outfitter called Cherokee Landing in Bonne Terre — routinely takes his customers to…