Air/ Water/ Toxics/ Sharps (needles)

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MMSD Medicine Collection Day

PCBs (contaminated fertilizer situation, latest information and resources)

Air Quality

Drinking Water

Pets and Other Animals

Recreational Water (beaches, inland lakes and blue-green algae)

Eating Safer Amounts and Types of Fish

Hazardous/Toxic Materials

Lincoln Creek/Estabrook Impoundment Updates

Needles/sharps

Solvay Coke Site

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Milorgainte applied to area fields during summer, 2007
Updated 11/29/07: All testing and clean-up has been completed at parks that received the fertilizer. Any fencing that is in place is there to protect the landscaping while new sod is settling.

Estabrook Impoundment/Lincoln Creek

You can download informational pamphlets in PDF format (information about fish consumption included). English or Espanol

Eating fish from Lincoln Creek, Milwaukee River, or ANYWHERE (even the grocery store)? Check the information near the bottom of this page or click here.

More information is available from the DNR "Estabrook Impoundment" webpage: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/wm/wqs/sediment/projects.html

Any news about contaminated sediment at the Lincoln Creek and Milwaukee River Estabrook Impoundment area will be posted here if/when available. Please call (414) 286-5744 with questions.

Air Quality (Carbon Monoxide, other pollutants)

Cold weather and (from CDC website): carbon monoxide safety (safe heating)

Investigations related to citizen complaints of poor outdoor air quality. More information available at: http://dnr.wi.gov/air/index.asp
Investigations of indoor air quality. More information available at: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/
Investigation of nuisance odor complaints related to air emissions from industry and business.

Water Quality-Drinking Water

2007 Safe Drinking Water Report from Milwaukee Water Works Click here for pdf
Monitoring of drinking water quality - for more information click here to visit: http://water.mpw.net/1waterquality.htm
Brochure about drinking water for people with weakened immune systems Espanol

Surface (River) Water Monitoring Reports

Hazardous / Toxic Materials

Information about Household Hazardous Waste Disposal: www.mmsd.com/programs/hhw5.cfm
Information about Computer and electronic device disposal: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/ecycling/basic.htm
Emergency response to citizen complaints of incidents of hazardous material spills and releases
Technical investigations of the handling, transportation and disposal of hazardous materials within the community

Needles/Sharps

Response to household hazardous waste inquiries (including SHARPS disposal: Click here for a brochure that shows how to dispose of SHARPS, or syringes and needles

Guidelines for Eating Fish (locally-caught and store-bought)

Fish caught in Wisconsin: Federal and State agencies issue advice people should use in limiting how much fish they eat. Limits are lower for many fish for women who are or may become pregnant and children than they are for men. These advisores exist because of mercury and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminants found in fish.

Canned and frozen fish sold in stores: The FDA and EPA issue advice about how much store-bought fish (generally ocean-caught; for example salmon, light or white tuna, swordfish, and MANY OTHERS) to eat. Mercury is the contaminant of concern in ocean-caught fish. Click on this link for the most current information: FDA: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01038.html

Information about fish caught from Wisconsin waters, and more information about the contaminants is available at this websites:
WI DNR: http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/consumption/

Information about fish caught from Milwaukee area waters (Lake Michigan, rivers and ponds) is available in pdf format (click here for the pdf English/Espanol)

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