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By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Last spring, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warned Truax Air National Guard base in Madison it could face enforcement action if it didn’t…

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Madison water utility board wants stronger PFAS protections considered

February 6, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal The Madison Water Utility Board is seeking stronger protections for Madison’s drinking water supply from hazardous chemicals that have spread through groundwater from the…

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Madison water utility hears demands on PFAS-tainted well

January 29, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Madison Well 15 at Reindahl Park By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal As citizen groups prepared to ask the Madison Water Utility Board on Tuesday for a more aggressive…

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Wisconsin case shows how sewage plants spread unregulated toxins across landscape

January 27, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Detection of a toxic chemical in a northeastern Wisconsin wastewater treatment plant’s sludge has prompted a halt to application of the material on nearby…

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January 21, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“Giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism” dominate even in liberal Madison “I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we…

Air National Guard City of Madison Dane County PFCs or PFAS Starkweather Creek stormwater runoff Toxic Chemicals Truax

Dane County airport burn pit contamination began in the 1950s

January 15, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

PHOTO: Former Dane County airport fire pit being excavated to build a parking lot in May 2018. The County, City, DNR and DoD were aware of the contamination for at…

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Drinking water contamination linked to chemicals seeping from air base rose slightly

January 8, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Madison Well 15 By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Testing results released Monday show a slight increase in hazardous fluorinated compounds in Madison drinking water. A Madison Water Utility…

Air National Guard City of Madison PFCs or PFAS Public Health Madison Dane County Risk Assessment Starkweather Creek Toxic Chemicals Truax Wisconsin DNR

Public Health PFAS doublespeak: Exposures expected, but no risks! Huh?

January 6, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Child catches panfish at the mouth of Starkweather Creek where it flows into Lake Monona, July 2018 Our October 2018 article raised questions about exposures to toxic PFAS (per-…

Air National Guard City of Madison Fish PFCs or PFAS

Three years later, Wisconsin hasn’t stopped toxic chemical flow

December 10, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The following appeared in the December 9, 2018 print edition of the Wisconsin State Journal By Steven Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Toxic chemicals linked to an array of life-threatening illnesses…

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Anne G. Chacon, 1942-2018

December 2, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Dissident, Fearless Environmental Activist, Great Friend Anne Chacon, long-time resident of 138 S. Marquette St, passed away in her Monona apartment the weekend before Thanksgiving, after struggling with liver disease…

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Men, Be Very Afraid! PFAS and Your Penis

December 1, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The most recent article by Sharon Lerner, in her Intercept series “The Teflon Toxin,” shares new research on health effects of PFAS on men’s reproductive health. Read more below… PFOA…

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Eco Crises: Doom & Gloom, Truth & Consequences

October 27, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Kristine Mattis, Counterpunch. Photo Source Sakeeb Sabakka | CC BY 2.0 …We can’t save the world by playing by the rules because the rules have to change. Everything needs…

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Toxic PFAS is in Starkweather Creek; will anyone test the fish?

October 6, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Fish caught by children at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in June 2018 (they did not eat the fish). A MEJO post last May linked to an Air National Guard…

Madison Water Utility

WDNR to Prioritize PFAS Threat to State Waters–CSWAB Update

August 27, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Laura Olah, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger The WI Department of Natural Resources has announced that it is has established an internal workgroup to help determine the scope…

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Dying of Consumption While Guzzling Snake Oil: a Realist’s Perspective on the Environmental Crisis

August 11, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Kristine Mattis, Counterpunch We’re an egoistical, delusional lot, us humans. We’re the only species on the planet who despoils its own life support system and who does not live…

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