The village will hold its second annual Recycling Extravaganza from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Belmont train station parking lot. Last year, the event collected more than 73 tons of defunct, broken or outdated electronics, plus cell phones, ink-jet cartridges and other environmentally unfriendly cast-offs. With that much toxic trash now out [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Public health'
Five furry, fishy reasons to recycle
September 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Conservation, Environment, Environmental Concerns, Public health, Village Hall
Snitchin’ on something fishy
August 6th, 2009 · 22 Comments · Public health
by Socky the not Thoman puppet All I heard today was how TIPS was back. Man I loved that program. I ratted out my one neighbors and the FBI came and took him away and everything. Good times. When Joe accused me of making the call I laughed, and then he yelled “I’ll kill you, [...]
Tags: humor
Toxic dry cleaners
July 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Environment, Environmental Concerns, Public health, Public Safety
On July 26th the Trib ran an article about the the toxic solvent perchloroethylene, also known as PCE or perc, having contaminated soil or posing a threat to nearby water supplies. We here around DG already had our toxic waste problems, big enough that large unincorporated areas were involuntarily hooked into the municipal water supply [...]
Tags: Environment·EPA·PCE·polution·sry cleaners
Should flu close schools?
April 30th, 2009 · 4 Comments · District 58, District 99, Public health
Updated: 2:45 p.m. With the number of influenza A (H1N1) flu cases in Illinois now at 17, and schools in Kane County and Chicago closing temporarily due to cases there, many parents are wondering how D58 and D99 are preparing how to respond if the virus strikes here. Darlene Ruscitti, the Regional Superintendent has called [...]
Tags: swine flu