R.J. Matson/Post-Dispatch
The Doe Run Company has been operating a giant lead smelter in Herculaneum for decades. For just as long, elevated lead levels have been found in people, properties and roads around it.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Missouri Department…
Flu season — or at least the traditional flu season — still is a month away. But four Jefferson County schools are taking an unexpected holiday this week, closed by outbreaks of swine flu.
That’s left doctors and public health officials…
Sherri Cook gets a kiss from her son, Chance Roth.
“Columbus said the world is round?
Don’t you believe a word of that.
For I’ve been down to the edge of the world,
Sat on the edge where the wild wind whirled,
Peeked over the…
What can voters do to help keep the lines moving on Election Day?
They can study a sample ballot before heading to the polls, mapping out their voting strategy ahead of time.
The St. Louis city election board took an extraordinary step,…
A view of Doe Run Company's Herculaneum smelter, 2003 file photo
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week drastically cut the amount of lead permitted in the air around lead smelters and mines. That’s good news for Missouri and for Jefferson County…
The numbers are chilling:
•Women in Jefferson County are 17 percent more likely to be hospitalized for heart and circulation problems than those elsewhere in Missouri.
• Women in St. Francois County are 38 percent more likely to die from heart disease.
• Women…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing significantly tighter air pollution standards for lead — the first update in 30 years. It’s long overdue.
But in announcing the new rule, the Bush administration ignored recommendations from independent scientific advisers who had called for…
