The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget? (Part 1)
[Above: Martin Luther King Jr. delivering a speech on the Vietnam War and his anti-war beliefs to a crowd of…
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[Above, Eric Xiong from the Truax neighborhood fishing in 2018 at the mouth of Madison’s heavily PFAS-contaminated Starkweather Creek with…
A miracle!?! PFAS is no longer a problem in Madison’s drinking water, says Water Utility
But is it true? No. In 2019 and 2020, the PFAS found in Madison’s drinking water was a big deal.…
“It Ain’t Wright”! Madison’s toxic past buried under Monona Terrace (and now eaten by subsistence anglers)
[Above: Anglers at Monona Terrace, photo by Maria Powell, July 2022] ***** My dad grew up in downtown Madison during…
Burke sewage treatment plant
City of Madison
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Oscar Mayer
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Starkweather Creek
What’s draining from these pipes into Starkweather Creek? PFAS & other poisons
Above: Giant drain pipes in Bridges Golf Course, which receive PFAS-contaminated stormwater from the former Truax landfill and Burke sewage…
What is being done about Starkweather Creek? The military is spewing (or burying) PFAS contamination, proposing experimental “pilot” studies
[Above, storm drains discharging into Starkweather Creek from the PFAS-soaked Truax Field. Photo-Maria Powell] “Something has to be done immediately”…
EPA PFAS “Strategic Roadmap” is no panacea
[Above: Truax/East Madison Community Center teens at Starkweather Creek where they tested sediments for PFAS, after the Air National Guard,…
“After 50 years of neglect, Starkweather to get its due.”
(Above: Sign about 1992-93 Starkweather Creek remediation near O.B. Sherry Park; photo by Maria Powell in 2018) “After 50 years…
Dane County
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Racial disparities
Starkweather Creek
“‘Something has to be done’ about Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways”–Wisconsin Watch
Above–MEJO’s Ida Jammeh (left) talking with residents of Darbo-Worthington neighborhood about Starkweather Creek in 2018 (photo by Maria Powell). Learn…
Environmental destruction
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Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
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Wastewater Treatment
How much PFAS is the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District spreading on Dane County farmland? Does anyone care?
How much PFAS is in Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) sludge, applied to 5000 acres of Dane County farmland? From…
Endocrine disruptors
Environmental destruction
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
Toxic Chemicals
Are we sleepwalking?
[Above: Madison Gas & Electric transformer fires in summer 2019 spew black, PFAS-laden smoke over the city] This morning I…
How much PFAS is in the muck Dane County’s Dragon Dredge will suck? Where will it go?
Dane County’s Dragon Dredge (John Hart Photos, Wisconsin State Journal) “Dragon Dredge’ starts work on next phase” by Emily Hamer…
Madison 100 years ago: Privileged, pretentious…and polluted
What’s the saying? Some things never change? ************ 1921: In America’s “Model City,” Lake Monona is “a cistern for foul…
Air National Guard
City of Madison
Dane County Regional Airport
Environmental destruction
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Dane County attorney assures supervisors that PFAS at Truax Field is under control
Above, Amy Tutwiler, attorney with Dane County Corporation Counsel Last week Abigail Becker of the Cap Times reported on the…
Air National Guard
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Department of Defense
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Wisconsin DNR
Again, Madison and Dane County pass the buck to the military on cleaning up burn pits. Why?
The highly contaminated Darwin Road burn pit area at the Dane County Regional Airport was used by the city, county,…