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By Shereen Siewert
Toxicologists with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is recommending Wausau take steps to keep children away from city-owned property where high concentrations of heavy metals were detected earlier this year.
Test results at city-owned property, once targeted for potential redevelopment, show high concentrations of substances including thallium, which is now banned in the U.S. due to its extreme toxicity to humans. Portions of the property, at 1300 Cleveland Ave., are not fenced and can be easily accessed by the public.
In their letter to the city, DHS toxicologists also caution that residents living adjacent to the property should implement urban gardening practices and avoid tracking soil into their homes to avoid potential exposure. Among their recommendations: create a raised bed garden with store-bought soil, wear gloves while gardening or handling soil, wash hands to prevent hand-to-mouth exposure, wash pr
Mayors Monday: Wausauâs Katie Rosenberg By Mike Leischner
Mar 1, 2021 5:00 AM
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) Â The city of Wausau has begun what will be a long discussion on the future of a plot of land on Cleveland Avenue.
Last week the City Council held a Committee of the Whole meeting to digest information regarding the level of contamination left behind after Connor Forest Industries left the city. Mayor Katie Rosenberg said the meeting was designed to get everyone on the same page, considering the content of the data.
“There is a lot of scientific information,” she said. “Not everyone may be at the same level of interpreting that, [myself] included. It’s good that we all got together.”