Cheeseheads Are Off The Hook... For Now

By Rachelle Bowden in News on Jun 21, 2004 12:01PM

The EPA has announced that desipite what Mayor Daley and members of congress have said, "Cheesehead sewage" was not the cause of Lake Michigan beach closings. The likely cause was from the feces of seagulls who are drawn to beaches by human food handouts and waste. Water samples collected on the days the beaches were closed found that most of the E. coli bacteria came from seagull droppings and that beaches with the most gulls had the highest bacteria counts.

So, despite the undeniable fact that Milwaukee dumped 4.6 billion gallons of sewage into Lake Michigan last month, they are off the hook for closing Chicago beaches. I'm sure there will be something else we can rip the Cheeseheads for very soon. heh. Just kidding (settle down!).