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Missouri Coalition for the Environment held an emergency meeting at Pattonville High School Thursday night to discus the latest on the smouldering underground fire in the Bridgeton Landfill. (photo/KMOX)

Bridgeton Landfill Fire Creeping Closer to Radioactive Waste

Ed Smith, of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, says temperatures are rising on the other side of the barrier.

Spending on Specialty Drugs to Increase by 67%

Express Scripts put together a three year forecast and found drugs to treat specialty conditions like cancer, MS and hepatitis C...

Pink Eye Outbreak Hits St. Louis Area

Dr. Oscar Cruz says he is seeing five to ten of these cases every day at SLU Hospital. Since they are viral, he says they will go...

Ill. Gov. Quinn To Decide on Tanning Ban For Minors

“I think the government also knows better than Mom and Dad on cigarettes,” says State Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston), “It's the...

Bridgeton Landfill Fire Creeping Closer to Radioactive Waste
Spending on Specialty Drugs to Increase by 67%
Pink Eye Outbreak Hits St. Louis Area
Ill. Gov. Quinn To Decide on Tanning Ban For Minors

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Study Finds Music Therapy Can Lower Need For Sedatives

“Most patients really gravitate towards that concept and they end up having a more positive experience when they’re in the hospital because of it”

Alton Public Housing Bed Bug Problem Mitigated

Housing Authority Director Andy Hightower says only two units in one of the authority’s buildings have tested positive for the bugs and they are being treated.

St. Charles Residents Again Discuss Smoking Ban

“Let’s not be antiquated, let’s get with it,” a supporter of the ban said. “Everything comes from the coasts and it’s coming this way and we are the last ones ones to get it.”

(Photo illustration by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Metro Considers E-Cig Ban On Buses & Trains

Health experts still working to verify manufacturers’ claims of E-cig safety.

Ambulant Patients Visits Doctors Surgery

Some Discouraged From Prostate Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines

The American Urological Association now supports new guidelines which state routine screening is no longer recommended for men who are at average risk for the disease.

Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill, where underground fire has been smoldering since December 2010

Weather Postpones Drilling at Burning Bridgeton Landfill

Republic Services says it will remove six concrete columns from the landfill, which will make the smell worse for about two weeks.

Be Brave Bridgeton; This Week The Smell Gets Worse

Hundreds of Bridgeton residents are waking up in hotels this morning. Their homes are near the smelly Bridgeton landfill where an underground fire can’t be contained. The odor will be even worse this week while [...]