Author: adamkirasic

I stumbled upon a section of the EPA’s website where you receive an entire rundown of the county you live in. I will go through the air and water quality of Portage County. Air quality in Portage County The Air Quality Index (AQI) reports daily air quality. This tells you how well your air is [...]

  Bisphenol A. An industrial chemical that has been used to make plastic since the 1960’s. You may hear it referred to as BPA when your friends talk about a water bottle left in a hot car. Many studies have been done on this chemical, including some done by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According [...]

Imagine this: It’s 1968. You’re up and ready for another beautiful summer day in your favorite city. Something is wrong though. Your beautiful skyline is covered in smog. This is why the Clean Air Act was created at the peak of the national environmental movement in 1970, according to EPA.gov. The name of the act [...]

There are over 1,000 Superfund sites all over the United States. These hazardous waste sites are fenced off for the safety of those who live around them. So, why don’t we just clean them all up? Well, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): “Cleaning up Superfund sites is a complex, multi-phase process.” This blog [...]

The worst of the worst. The top of the National Priorities List (NPL). These hazardous sites are filled with carcinogens, neurotoxins and have been vacated to keep people safe. If you need a reminder, Superfund sites are defined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as “thousands of contaminated sites (that) exist nationally due to hazardous [...]