Air/ Water/ Toxics/ Sharps (needles)

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• Air Quality (carbon monoxide, other pollutants)

• Drinking Water

• Hazardous/Toxic Materials

• Lincoln Creek/Estabrook Impoundment Updates

• Needles/Sharps

• PCBs (Information and resources concerning 2007 contaminated fertilizer occurence)

• Pets and Other Animals

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

• Safety Guidelines for Eating Fish

Air Quality (carbon monoxide, other pollutants)

• Cold weather and carbon monoxide safety (safe heating) - CDC

• Investigations related to citizen complaints of poor outdoor air quality - DNR

• Investigations of indoor air quality - EPA

Drinking Water

• 2007 Safe Drinking Water Report - Milwaukee Water Works

• Monitoring of drinking water quality - Milwaukee Water Works

• Brochure about local drinking water for people with weakened immune systems (Espanol)

Hazardous / Toxic Materials

• Household hazardous waste disposal - MMSD

• Computer and electronic device disposal - EPA

Lincoln Creek / Estabrook Impoundment Updates

• Current PDF-format pamphlet about this area's water safety and fish consumption:  English or  Espanol 

• General safety guidelines for eating fish

Needles / Sharps

Household hazardous waste inquiries (including SHARPS disposal):  Click here for a PDF brochure that shows how to dispose of sharps (or syringes) and needles.

PCBs (Information concerning 2007 contaminated fertilizer occurence)

Updated 11/29/07: All testing and clean-up has been completed at parks that received the fertilizer.  Playfields and parks are now safe for public and school use.

• Fish caught in Wisconsin: Federal and State agencies issue advice people should use in limiting how much locally-caught fish they eat.  Limits are lower on 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.  Click on the subpoints below for more information:

  • PDF document with information about fish caught from Milwaukee area waters (Lake Michigan, rivers and ponds

  • Wisconsin DNR Information about fish caught from Wisconsin waters, and more information about the contaminants

• 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 here for the most current information from the FDA.

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