Rumbling over radium

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: January 14, 2001| Author: FRANZEN | Copyright information

Rumbling over radium

By FRANZEN

Sunday, January 14, 2001

Waukesha's getting ready to rumble with the Environmental Protection Agency in a cage match that could put a limit on that federal agency's overreaching ways. At the very least, the city's proposed lawsuit should send a necessary message to federal bureaucrats that they're partners of states and municipalities, not overlords.

At issue is the amount of radium in the city's drinking water. Radium is a naturally ...

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