Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Difference between revisions

In 2015, ATSDR released a report, based on [[EPA]] data, declaring no health risk to communities near [[West Lake Landfill]]. The agency's assessment contradicted findings from scientific investigations initiated by the Missouri attorney general and affected residents, who started organizing in 2012 when an underground fire in the landfill raised awareness of radioactive material and high rates of childhood cancer. [[Republic Services]], one of the parties responsible for the landfill, has cited the report to argue against the removal of toxic waste.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Dowdell |first=Jaimi |last2=Pell |first2=M.B. |last3=Lesser |first3=Benjamin |last4=Conlin |first4=Michelle |last5=Quinton |first5=Pheobe |last6=Cunningham |first6=Waylon |date=August 7, 2024 |title=How a US health agency became a shield for polluters |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-pollution-atsdr-landfill/ |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>