Since 2011, an underground fire at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, MO has released alarming levels of toxic fumes into the air near the residential areas of Bridgeton and Maryland Heights, MO. The situation is exacerbated by the presence of nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project deposited on the site in the mid-1970s. Several news organizations have documented large numbers of cancer-related illnesses connected with this same nuclear waste when it was first deposited near Lambert Airport in North St. Louis County, and It is now believed that the landfill fire could ignite this material, causing a major ecological disaster. We therefore humbly petition President Obama to direct the EPA to remove and properly dispose of this hazardous material and avoid this looming catastrophe.
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