Tom Kilian Selected as Next Citizens for a Clean Wausau Spokesperson
- Group News
- May 21, 2024
A Citizens for a Clean Wausau founding member was recently selected as the group’s next spokesperson.
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2024 Earth Day Tree Planting at Wausau’s Brockmeyer Park
- Events
- April 28, 2024
Photos from Wausau’s Earth Day tree planting at Brockmeyer Park on April 28, 2024.
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March at State Capitol: CCW Calls for Cleanup of Wauleco Dioxin Contamination
- Dioxin, SNE / Wauleco / Sentry Insurance
- March 3, 2024
3/2/24, Madison, WI: Poor People’s Campaign March at State Capitol
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2023 Year in Review
- Year in Review
- December 28, 2023
Another Year of Historic Citizen-Driven Action and Research. Riverside Park Finally Remediated 17 Years After First Dioxin Soil Samples in 2006. 2023 was a special year. It not only marked the 5-year anniversary of Citizens for a Clean Wausau’s founding in 2018, but also encompassed major community progress on multiple critical local environmental fronts. A list of CCW’s 2023 news …
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High PFAS Water Levels Identified at Local 3M Greystone Plant
- 2023, 3M Company, PFAS
- November 10, 2023
Data available on the Wisconsin DNR’s Drinking Water System Portal shows that high levels of PFAS were recently identified in the test results associated with the 3M Company Greystone Plant in the Wausau area. For the 3M Company Greystone Plant, results show that for PFOA and PFOS that the results were 210 NG/L and 310 NG/L respectively, for a …
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DNR: City Must Define PFAS Groundwater Contamination at 1300 Cleveland Ave.
- 1300 Cleveland Avenue, 2023, PFAS
- September 30, 2023
Due to PFAS detected in the 1300 Cleveland Avenue’s soil and groundwater, a September 25, 2023 email from Mr. Matt Thompson of the Wisconsin DNR to the City of Wausau’s environmental consultant for the property indicates that a PFAS groundwater investigation for the site will now be necessary. Inclusion of off-site monitoring wells is likely. According to public records recently …
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Riverside Park Soil Excavation and Remediation: July 2023
- 2023, Dioxin, Riverside Park
- July 23, 2023
Excavation of dioxin soil contamination in Wausau’s Riverside Park.
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State DHS Toxicologist Deems Portion of Riverside Park “Unacceptable Cancer Risk”: Signs Up
- 2023, Dioxin, Riverside Park, Toxicology
- June 18, 2023
“Our health assessment from sample site P-11 suggests that the dioxin is at high enough of a level to cause unacceptable cancer risk. We therefore recommend that the area between sampling location P-10 and P-12 be covered in landscaping fabric and filled over with a clean material such as woodchips to prevent a complete exposure pathway. We also would …
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Prominent Love Canal Toxicologist to Speak in Wausau
Love Canal has been considered by many to be one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. Now, on June 3, Wausonians will get to hear from an expert who was actually there. The toxicologist who the State of New York had appointed to work with the Love Canal community at the height of the crisis, Stephen Lester, …
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Elevated PFAS Levels Identified in 1300 Cleveland Ave. Groundwater
- 1300 Cleveland Avenue, 2023, PFAS
- March 7, 2023
The combined concentrations of PFOA and PFOS at two well locations at 1300 Cleveland Avenue were above the Department of Health Services (DHS) recommended groundwater Enforcement Standard (ES) of 20 ng/L. Another round of groundwater testing will be helpful in determining next steps, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Per a Status Report dated February 9, 2023 …
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