1992 Health Assessment for Wausau Superfund, Including Wausau Chemical

1992 Health Assessment for Wausau Superfund, Including Wausau Chemical

Wausau Chemical
April 18, 2021

In 2019, a Citizens for a Clean Wausau volunteer filed an open records request with the State of Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services (DHS) regarding health assessments pertaining to Wausau Chemical, among other entities. The following health assessment was received from DHS. The PDF can be accessed directly through this link or reviewed embedded below.

The report indicates that samples from Wausau tap water (aka drinking water) exhibited the presence of DCE, TCE, and PCE from 1982-1984 testing of the municipal water system.

*From the 1992 Public Health Assessment for Wausau Groundwater Contamination, Page 9*

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