How to Protect Yourself, Your Family and Friends, and Your Community from Toxic Waste and other Health Threats!
To express concerns about
the ongoing burning of coal, plastic, medical waste and other fuel
stocks in Madison area power plants and incinerators which remain by
far the largest source of dangerous air pollution in our community
(smog, soot, VOCs, mercury, etc.), please contact:
UW Facilities Planning & Management, Vice Chancellor Alan Fish #608-263-3000
Madison Gas & Electric, CEO Gary Wolter #1-800-245-1125
WI Dept. of Administration, Robert Cramer #608-266-1031
To find out how to properly dispose of toxic wastes and other hazardous
household materials, and available recycling opportunities, please
contact:
City of Madison Recycling Coordinator, George Dreckman #608-267-2626
Dane County Recycling Manager, John Reindl #608-267-8815
Toxic and hazardous materials include: batteries, televisions,
computer monitors, cellphones, other consumer electronics,
extinguishers, pesticides, spent fuel canisters, solvents, paints,
thinners, lightbulbs, asbestos, ammunition, tires, salt, aerosols,
fertilizers, used oil, etc. etc. etc.
To report illegal use of phosphorous fertilizers, unmitigated manure
spreading and construction runoff, as well as illegal dumping of used
oil, detergents, waste gasoline, and other contaminants down storm
sewers that drain directly into our lakes, please contact: Dane
County Office of Lakes and Watersheds - #608-224-3758
To report concerns about dangerous levels of nitrates and other toxics
in drinking water and surface water, as well as manure runoff,
pesticide drift, and offsite biotech contamination from the Arlington
Research Station and other university managed farms and agricultural
fieldtrials, please contact: UW Madison Colleg of Agriculture and
Life Sciences (CALS) Dean, David Hogg #608-262-4930
To report concerns about the application of pesticides such as Round-Up
(aka glyphosate), garlon, Barricade (aka prodiamine), etc. on
public land such as the UW-Madison campus, Picnic Point, and various
Madison parks that could lead to dangerous exposure for wildlife, pets,
children, pregnant women, veterans, and other vulnerable populations,
please contact:
UW Madison Natural Space Coordinator, Cathy Bruner #608-265-9275
Madison Park Superintendant, Jim Morgan: #608-266-4711
Sign up for the WI Pesticide Application Advance Notice Registry: #608-224-5296
To report concerns about the quality and safety of dairy products that
are served on the UW-Madison campus by Babcock Hall, derived from cows
that have been injected with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH)
may have been fed potential Mad Cow materials (blood/bone meal, tallow,
platewaste, poultry litter), and may well contain other residues from
antibiotics and pesticides, please contact: Babcock Dairy Plant
Director, Tom Blattner #608-262-3046
To express concerns about the disposal of radioactive materials,
genetically engineered substances, infectious organisms, nanotech
particles, and the possible occupational hazards faced by graduate
students, researchers, technicians, and other UW-Madison employees who
must handle these materials, please contact: Jeanine Critchely,,
UW Risk Manager #608-262-8925
This information is provided as a public service by the Madison Infoshop,
1019 Williamson St., Madison, WI 53703 #608-262-9036 www.madisoninfoshop.org
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