Wausau is the first city in Wisconsin to pass a resolution supporting environmental justice, a move that was months in the making.
The 11-member Wausau City Council voted 8-1 to pass the resolution, with Dist. 9 Alderwoman Dawn Herbst casting the lone vote against the proposal. Herbst, who had voted to approve the amended version of the proposal at the meeting of the Committee of the Whole (COW) on Sept. 8, did not explain her decision. Two representatives – Council President Becky McElhaney (Dist. 6) and Debra Ryan (Dist. 11) – were absent during Tuesday’s meeting.
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Day: September 29, 2021
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — The Wausau City Council has passed a much-debated resolution in support of environmental justice following just eight minutes of discussion during Tuesday’s meeting.
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Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent Steve Pierce speaks with Bob Welton, treasurer of the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition, about a town hall meeting on the controversy surrounding the Dunn Memorial Landfill scheduled for 6 PM on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
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Sources of exposure to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) include food, water, and, given that humans spend typically 90% of their time indoors, air and dust. Quantifying PFAS that are prevalent indoors, such as neutral, volatile PFAS, and estimating their exposure risk to humans are thus important.
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