City Pages – DNR: Soil samples near Riverside Park “concerning”
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- July 22, 2020
Click the link below to read the full article on page 5.
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Docs: Inconsistent DNR Enforcement of Dioxin Standards in Wausau
- Dioxin
- January 6, 2020
This year, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) sent the City of Wausau a Responsible Party letter to investigate and cleanup soil with dioxin levels far lower than were found in Riverside Park years ago. Yet, to this day, no substantive action has been taken by the DNR or City in or by the park where the higher soil …
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City of Wausau Receives DNR Responsible Party Letter for Dioxin Contamination
- Dioxin
- December 14, 2019
According to the DNR letter, the City of Wausau is responsible for the “discharge of a hazardous substance or other environmental pollution.” The letter references 132 River Street as the specific site of contamination. The DNR has confirmed that the pollution in question is dioxin contamination that exceeds state soil standards for a residential setting.
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Park’s Dioxin Results Nearly Four Times Higher than EPA Regional Screening Level
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- December 9, 2019
Results are in from soil samples that were professionally taken for Citizens for a Clean Wausau by Sand Creek Consultants and sent to Pace Analytical — a DNR-certified laboratory — for analysis. Three samples were taken in Riverside Park in November 2019, and the sample with the highest dioxin level — based on TEQ — was five times higher than …
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Wausau City Council Approves Access for CCW to Test Park
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- October 24, 2019
After a year and a half of community concern and deliberation at City Hall regarding Riverside Park, on Tuesday, October 22, the Wausau City Council approved the request of Citizens for a Clean Wausau (CCW) for access to the park to take soil samples and analyze them for dioxins and furans. Results from 2006 private soil samples near a culvert …
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37% of Taxpayer-Funded Park Testing Would Not Go to Soil Testing
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- September 3, 2019
A proposal which the City may present as a compromise plan now includes only 3 samples (50% of limited samples taken) which may be relevant to the primary concern expressed by the community and council members — the runoff zone near the park’s southern forest. A map of revised boring locations for today’s meeting now show that 50% of them …
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CCW Presentation Given at City Hall on July 23, 2019
- Dioxin, Presentations, Riverside Park
- Wauleco - A Sentry Insurance Subsidiary
- July 24, 2019
Note: The full video of CCW’s presentation at City Hall is now available online through public access and can be viewed here:https://waam.viebit.com/player.php?hash=muSYwgtQJDt9 Citizens for a Clean Wausau presented goals, suggestions, and documentation to the Wausau Parks & Recreation Committee on July 23, 2019. The presentation slides are embedded below. The PDF of the presentation slides can be download here.
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WAULECO Lawsuit Memo Related to Neighborhood Penta and Dioxins Now Publicly Available
- Dioxin, Historical Documents, SNE / Wauleco / Sentry Insurance
- Wauleco - A Sentry Insurance Subsidiary
- May 28, 2019
Source: Wisconsin DNR BRRTS The stated purpose of the 2009 memorandum written by a consultant of the plaintiffs’ attorneys was to characterize the WAULECO-related penta and dioxin concentrations that existed in onsite and offsite locations through time. According to the WSAW Channel 7 article, Wausau Residents Sue Over Chemical Contamination, neighborhood residents “sued Wauleco, alleging personal injury and property damage …
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Full Interview of Stephen Lester, Toxicologist, on WXCO (Audio)
- Dioxin, Experts, Media, Radio, Toxicology
- December 13, 2018
Prominent Toxicologist Comments on Environmental Issues in Riverside Park and Surrounding Neighborhood: LISTEN BELOW — Segment with Oliver Burrows, Stephen Lester, and Shereen Siewert on 1230 WXCO / December 13, 2018 “They are just making decisions that are not based on good science.” – Stephen Lester (WXCO Interview)
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DNR Docs: Results Showed Extensive Dioxin Groundwater Contamination in Thomas St. Neighborhood: Part I
- 131 W Thomas Street, Dioxin, Historical Documents, SNE / Wauleco / Sentry Insurance
- Wauleco - A Sentry Insurance Subsidiary
- November 21, 2018
Data provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources from WAULECO files, for the period of 1992 to 1998, showed extensive dioxin groundwater contamination in the Thomas Street neighborhood.
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