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“Something has to be done immediately” about Starkweather Creek, Melody Homesley, a 16-year resident of the Darbo Worthington neighborhood, told Isaac Wasserman when he interviewed her for his Wisconsin Watch…
Sharon Lerner’s recent Intercept article– People Exposed to PFAS Criticize EPA Action
(Above: Sign about 1992-93 Starkweather Creek remediation near O.B. Sherry Park; photo by Maria Powell in 2018) “After 50 years of neglect, Starkweather to get its due?” Too bad this…
Above–MEJO’s Ida Jammeh (left) talking with residents of Darbo-Worthington neighborhood about Starkweather Creek in 2018 (photo by Maria Powell). Learn more about our Starkweather project here. ********* When we started…
PFAS is not at all funny. But comedian John Oliver’s story of how the world came to be soaked in PFAS–“the Devil’s Piss”–is hilarious. Check it out here:
How much PFAS is in Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) sludge, applied to 5000 acres of Dane County farmland? From MMSD’s (TRC) Sept. 30, 2021 report: MMSD Class A Biosolids:…