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EPA responding to chemical spill near St. Louis airport

2 years 6 months ago
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday said it was responding to the spill of a chemical that likely reached Coldwater Creek. The EPA said in a statement that trivalent chromium compounds were released from a Boeing Co. wastewater treatment plant. There were 1,000 gallons of wastewater released, according to the EPA. The treatment plant is near St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The EPA said Boeing stopped the release and started sampling water from Coldwater Creek. The Missouri…
Anne Stegen

Canadian wildfire smoke reaches St. Louis

2 years 6 months ago
Canadian wildfire smoke has reached near the surface across much of northern Illinois Tuesday afternoon.  An air quality alert is in effect for the metro St. Louis area and all of Illinois through Wednesday evening. The smoke levels near the ground will likely be the highest early Wednesday morning. During the day, the smoke should become less of a concern as the thickest concentrations move away or disperse. Those with heart and respiratory problems should limit the amount of strenuous activity…
Scott Connell, Kelsi Anderson

Air quality alert for St. Louis from Canadian wildfire smoke

2 years 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Dense smoke that has been dropping south from Canada has made it into the St. Louis area. Visibility dropped to between 2-3 miles from the Canadian wildfire smoke. A warm front moving in today will help kick the thickest smoke to the east by afternoon. The worst of the smoke will be [...]
Angela Hutti

Black Missourians Fear Cannabis Microbusiness Licenses Will Fail Them

2 years 6 months ago
Jermasa Johnson-Dees has big plans. After operating a cannabis cuisine and edibles business, STL Spacetreats, Johnson-Dees hopes to someday open a dispensary under the same name in Missouri. That's why she plans to apply for one of Missouri's new microbusiness dispensary licenses, made possible by the 2022 constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana in the state.
Monica Obradovic