Jim and Amy Roberts bought a 20-acre farm in hopes of raising cattle near the Franklin County community of Moselle. They later learned that an abandoned landfill next door is leaching lead, so-called forever chemicals and arsenic into the spring-fed creek on their property. They are seen with their kids Dean, 2, and Rose, 3 months, on Sunday, May 4, 2026.
Michael Hamtil, Post-Dispatch
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JEFFERSON CITY — For three decades, forest reclaimed the abandoned landfill in Franklin County. With each rainfall, leachate — a cocktail created by water percolating through disintegrating chemicals and organic matter known as “trash tea” — would travel through the soil into groundwater below.
The measure seeks to crack down on a fundraising tactic used by Republican Bill Eigel, who is running to be the next St. Charles County executive.
Jim and Amy Roberts bought a 20-acre farm in hopes of raising cattle near the Franklin County community of Moselle. They later learned that an abandoned landfill next door is leaching lead, so-called forever chemicals and arsenic into the spring-fed creek on their property. They are seen with their kids Dean, 2, and Rose, 3 months, on Sunday, May 4, 2026.
