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Tag: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Posted inEducation, Failure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare

‘Regulatory vacuum’ exposes Wisconsin children to lead in drinking water at schools, day care centers

by Cara Lombardo December 18th, 2016April 25th, 2017 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Gaps in federal drinking water standards enforced by the state leave numerous school and day care sites untested for lead in drinking water; numerous lead service lines remain.

Posted inFailure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare

Wisconsin DNR fails to update lead testing guidance in wake of Flint crisis

by Cara Lombardo December 2nd, 2016January 2nd, 2017
Posted inEnvironment, Failure at the Faucet, Health & Welfare, Water Watch Wisconsin

Wisconsin strontium levels among highest in U.S. drinking water supplies

by Jane Roberts March 13th, 2016April 12th, 2016
Posted inFailure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare, Water Watch Wisconsin

First in the nation: City of Madison replaced all lead pipes

by Silke Schmidt February 1st, 2016January 29th, 2016
Posted inFailure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare, Water Watch Wisconsin

Lead pipes, antiquated law threaten Wisconsin’s drinking water quality

by Silke Schmidt and Dee J. Hall February 1st, 2016October 24th, 2018
Posted inEnvironment, Failure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare, Water Watch Wisconsin

Despite state efforts, arsenic continues to poison many private wells in Wisconsin

by Silke Schmidt January 24th, 2016January 31st, 2016
Oil in the Kalamazoo River on July 28, 2010, three days after an Enbridge pipeline burst, causing the worst inland oil spill in U.S. history. The spill was particularly difficult to clean up because some of the oil sank.
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Government, Water Watch Wisconsin

Spill response ‘inadequate’ for tar sands crude on Great Lakes

by Kate GoldenMarch 23rd, 2014June 13th, 2014
Posted inEndocrine disruptors, Environment, Government, Health & Welfare

Environmental agencies respond to questions about endocrine disruptors

by Kate GoldenApril 21st, 2013June 18th, 2014
Posted inEnvironment, Frac Sand Rush

New studies measure air, water impacts of frac sand mines

by Kate PrengamanMarch 3rd, 2013June 9th, 2014
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Government, Wasted Places

Map: Brownfields nationwide

by Kate GoldenSeptember 23rd, 2012November 4th, 2016
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Government

Wasted Places: Slow, underfunded EPA program falls short in toxic site cleanups

by Kate Golden September 23rd, 2012November 14th, 2013
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Government, Wasted Places

Recession worsens brownfields backlog in Wisconsin

by Kate GoldenSeptember 23rd, 2012July 18th, 2014

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