The Brylski Company  |  A Full Service PR Firm
  • Home
  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
  • ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS
  • Press Releases
  • Contact

February 23 St. Louis Update

2/23/2018

0 Comments

 
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AGREE: THE TRUTH ABOUT ST. LOUIS’ HISTORY WITH TOXIC AND CARCINOGENIC RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WILL BE CONFIRMED BY SOLID SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
After an historic filing of class action suits in St. Louis County this week by residents, property owners and businesses, which seek redress for health and property losses related to decades of public exposure to radiocative toxic carcinogens, Bridgeton Landfill, LLC released this statement of continuing denial to the press:
“Sound science must govern any discussion about community safety and the remediation of West Lake Landfill. The suit is without merit and we will defend against it vigorously in court. Federal and state regulatory agencies, including the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the U.S. EPA and the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services have all concluded, through years of study and true science, that the Landfill poses no risk to people outside the Landfill’s property. U.S. EPA also concluded that the radiologically impacted material has not migrated offsite. Any additional questions regarding the West Lake Landfill should be directed to EPA Region 7.”
 
“It is time the guilty parties and the government stop lying regarding  the nature and extent of the damage caused by Bridgeton Landfill and Republic Services in the past. Statements like those issued above are only meant to confuse the public and delay the inevitable accountability of these actors to the victims,” said Lead Attorneys for the Plaintiffs Ryan Keane and Anthony Gray. “These important cases will indeed be settled by science.” 
 
Since 2014, scientific teams led by Dr. Marco Kaltofen of Boston Chemical Data and paid for by the philanthropy of Kay Drey have studied this disaster and radioactive materials in the St. Louis and the northwest St. Louis environment, said Mr. Keane.  Dr. Kaltofen is a renowned environmental engineer whose work has previously been certified by class actions in federal and other courts for its acumen and methodology. Dr. Kaltofen said radioisotope testing and microscopic X-ray analyses have been conducted and professionally published approximately 200 samples from the impacted zones, including results for West Lake Landfill, Coldwater Creek areas, and the St. Louis waterfront. Dr. Kaltofen said all testing methods are authored or approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the U.S. Department of Energy.
 
A statement by Dr. Kaltofen to the legal team representing the plaintiffs said they have collected samples from Bridgeton, Missouri, and surrounding communities where radioactive materials appear to have been spread and used as fill in the impacted areas outlined in the two filed class actions. 
 
“Documentation shows that at least four local trucking firms moved radioactive materials in and around the area. The residential locations tested appear to be sites where radioactive material appears to have been diverted before reaching its final burial site at the municipal landfill in Bridgeton. The reason is simple—these radionuclides have a high atomic number and are therefore very heavy. This data is included in our peer-reviewed published article, Tracking legacy radionuclides in St. Louis, Missouri, via unsupported 210Pb, Marco P.J. Kaltofen, Robert Alvarez, Lucas Hixson, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (2016) 104e111. link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26741397,” writes Dr. Kaltofen. 
 
He also said other key data are located in these sources:
http://www.coldwatercreekfacts.com/media/reports/Alvarez-Journal-2015.pdf
 
“Forensic microanalysis of Manhattan Project legacy radioactive wastes in St. Louis, MO”, Marco P.J. Kaltofen, Robert Alvarez, Lucas Hixson, Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, accepted February 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.02.020)
 
“There is no debating the fact that scientists have proven over and over again in peer reviewed studies that there are highly toxic carcinogenic materials throughout St. Louis County due to decades of intentional profit-seeking in total violation of state laws and regulations. They have trampled on our human and civil rights,” said Civil Rights Attorney Gray. “Our families and citizens have a right to know the facts so that their suffering can be addressed.”
 
Interested citizens and property owners are urged to visit stlouisradvictims.com or coldwatervictims.com or call Mr. Keane and Mr. Gray at (800) LAW-2620.
 
 
Dr. Kaltofen invites media inquiries here:
Marco Kaltofen, PhD, PE (Civil, MA), C. NSE
Boston Chemical Data Corp.
2 Summer Street, Suite 14
Natick, MA 01760

Affiliate Research Engineer
Nuclear Science and Engineering Program
Dept. of Physics
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
cell. (508) 259-6717
[email protected]
[email protected]
@mkaltofen
 
Link to this release about the class actions: 
http://www.brylskicompany.com/press-releases/historic-class-action-filed-regarding-st-louis-history-with-radioactive-wastes
 
Links to the court filings:
Coldwater Creek: 
http://www.brylskicompany.com/press-releases/coldwater-creek-class-action-petition
Bridgeton: 
http://www.brylskicompany.com/press-releases/bridgeton-landfill-class-action
 
Link to the maps of the impacted areas:
http://www.brylskicompany.com/press-releases/access-st-louis-class-action-maps-here
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    November 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    October 2021
    September 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    September 2020
    July 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013

    Categories

    All
    Arnie Fielkow
    Assessor Erroll Williams
    Audubon
    Baton Rouge
    Ben Franklin
    Ben Franklin Elementary
    Charters
    Conspiracy Theory
    Eastbank Collaborative
    Eastbank-collaborative
    Einstein
    Geri Baloney
    Gnoccs
    Greater New Orleans Collaborative
    Hynes
    IHSNO
    ISL
    Jeffrey Rouse
    Jfk
    Kenner Discovery
    Laca
    Lake Forest
    Lapcs
    Leesville
    Louisiana Caregivers
    Louisiana Policy Institute For Children
    Lusher
    Mandie Landry
    Morris Jeff
    Nbrpa
    Noise Ordinance
    Noise Ordinance
    Nomma
    Opioid
    Paulette Irons
    Sci High
    SLC GNO
    SLC-GNO
    Smithstag
    Stacy Head
    Stacy Head
    Teacher Fair
    Trineday
    University View Academy
    Warren Easton
    Warren Perrin
    Wilson
    Young Audiences

    RSS Feed

© Brylski Company 2019
  • Home
  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
  • ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS
  • Press Releases
  • Contact