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EPA, states and tribes seek millions for cleanup costs of American Zinc, Lead and Smelting sites
JOPLIN – Several federal, state and Native American entities filed a lawsuit on Oct. 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, alleging that Blue Tee Corp., Brown Strauss Inc. and three individual defendants should be held responsible for the cleanup of hazard substances that were allegedly released at former American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Co. sites. -
Second company added to suit filed over dumping of radioactive waste in St. Louis-area landfill
A company tasked with cleaning up a St. Louis-area landfill contaminated by radioactive waste has filed an amended compliant accusing a second firm of responsibility for some of the remediation work. -
Landfill operator sues for cleanup costs at Superfund site in Bridgeton
ST. LOUIS – The owner of a landfill site in Bridgeton that was contaminated by radioactive waste recently filed a federal suit seeking to have the company that dumped the materials pay the cleanup costs. -
Government accuses company of disposing of hazardous waste near residential area
An industrial company faces a federal lawsuit for allegedly disposing of hazardous materials in St. Francois County. -
Compton Furniture responsible for cleaning hazardous site in Macon, federal judge rules
The owner of a hazardous waste site violated an agreement to clean up the property, a federal judge ruled. -
Asbestos attorney says defense expert playing 'name games'; J&J witness says it's wrong to call things asbestos that are not
ST. LOUIS – Mark Lanier, the attorney for 22 women suing baby powder maker Johnson & Johnson alleging the talc product gave them ovarian cancer, told a star witness for the defense he was engaging in a “name game,” attempting to call asbestos something else. -
Woman claims Manhattan Project caused her cancer
A Florissant woman has filed a lawsuit against a biopharmaceutical company and chemical-producing corporation for alleged negligence related to the disposal of “hazardous, toxic, and radioactive materials” near residential neighborhoods in St. Louis County. -
Appellate court vacates part of decision over EPA regulations for Buffalo Ditch challenged by Kennett
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed and vacated in part a decision involving a city's allegations that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority regarding the total maximum daily load (TMDL) for a stream. -
Court nixes $13 million award in pollution suit against Schaeffler Group USA
A split federal appeals court has nixed a $13 million punitive damages award for a woman who claimed leaked chemicals from a Missouri ball bearing plant gave her an autoimmune disorder.