Learn the Issues
-
Celeron Island Sediment Site Characterization
Details progress made in the Michigan portion of the AOC since 2002.
-
Clinton River AOC Delisting Targets (2009)
MDEQ guidance for developing BUI delisting targets outlines six components and steps that are required for developing a local, site specific restoration plan.
-
Radiological Agents
The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Consequence Management Advisory Team (CMAT) provides radiological subject matter expert support to the 10 EPA Regions and other EPA program offices.
-
RadTown Radioactive Atom: Teacher Information
Atoms make up everything in the world around us. Some of them are radioactive, which means they emit energy in the form of ionizing radiation. Use these activities to help students learn more about atomic structure.
-
RadTown Radiation Exposure Activity 4: Exposure Pathways
Radioactive material, or radionuclides, travel in different ways. This activity asks students to create webs or chains that describe the ways in which we may interact with radiation through the world around us.
-
RadTown Radiation Exposure: Vocabulary Activities
Learn more about radon with your students! This page provides background information for teachers and parents. Each RadTown activity for the classroom is Common Core State Standard (CCSS) and Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) aligned.
-
RadTown Classroom Materials: The Radioactive Atom
The RadTown Radioactive Atom activities are designed to help students identify the structure of an atom and describe the structural changes that occur in unstable (radioactive) atoms as they decay.
-
RadTown Radioactive Atom Activity 5: Half-Life
When a radioactive atom decays, it becomes a different element. The amount of time that it takes one half of the atoms present to decay is called “half-life.” Help your students understand half-life with this free classroom activity.
-
History of Human Impacts on Charles River
Learn about the history of human impacts on the Charles river from 4000 BC to 2014
-
About the Mystic River Watershed
Learn more about the Mystic River watershed.
-
White Lake AOC Habitat Restoration Project
The Muskegon Conservation District and the White Lake Public Advisory Council in 2012 completed the White Lake AOC Shoreline Habitat Restoration Project to address the loss of shoreline and nearshore habitat.
-
The Oswego River AOC Delisting Letter
Letter informing the International Joint Commission that the Oswego River AOC has been formally delisted.
-
Chicago Rail and Port, LLC – Notice of Violation
environmental issues in southeast chicago nov
-
What is EPA’s response to inaccurate claims about its use of ASPECT?
The characterizations of EPA’s ASPECT response in East Palestine are false. More information can be found about ASPECT’s response in the . EPA Region 5 requested ASPECT to fly to East Palestine late in the day on February 5, 2023. As soon as the request was made, the aircraft was…
-
Where can I find the East Palestine City Park soil sampling results?
You can find East Palestine City Park soil sampling results at: East Palestine City Park soil sampling results
-
Where can I find soil sampling data and results?
EPA will release validated (final) and non-validated (preliminary) soil sampling results from East Palestine and surrounding Ohio and Pennsylvania areas as they become available. As soon as the quality of non-validated preliminary data has been fully assessed and documented, EPA will post validated data on the East Palestine, Ohio Train…
-
What is the plume map and what does it tell us?
The plume map is an “event reconstruction” based on known weather and on-site observations during a 10-hour time period after the vent-and-burn operation that occurred on Monday, February 6. It tells us where soot likely fell to the ground and where the highest concentrations of particles may be. This information…
-
How were soil sample locations chosen?
The study area was determined based on evacuation zones, plume modeling, field observations, and areas most likely to be impacted by the vent and burn. Event Reconstruction Plume Map
-
Columbiana County Health District has sampled my private well, will it be sampled again?
Residents will be contacted if they are within the priority zones and have signed up for private well sampling. Within 60 days after the first sample, private wells are resampled, and residents will be contacted to schedule resampling. Residents within one of the four priority zones can also schedule a…
-
I have heard about research being conducted by the University of Kentucky. What is the health tracking survey?
University of Kentucky College of Public Health researcher Dr. Erin N. Haynes and her team received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a long-term health study with and for the residents of East Palestine and the surrounding area. The first step is to learn more…