Are eastside Madison residents breathing poisonous vapors? Does anyone care?
Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article about the very unfortunate situation Madison resident Kenny Koeppler landed in by accident. In 1987, Koeppler
“It Ain’t Wright”! Madison’s toxic past buried under Monona Terrace (and now eaten by subsistence anglers)
***** My dad grew up in downtown Madison during the 1930s, 40s and 50s in a home overlooking Lake Monona. He and his siblings fished and swam in the lake…
Is UW-Madison still “diversity doctoring” its promo photos?
Above: promotional photo in the Winter 2021 University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni magazine, OnWisconsin. (This photo is not in the electronic version of the magazine. I took a photo of my…
Burke sewage treatment plant
Environmental health
Madison
Oscar Mayer
Racial disparities
Trash
Truax landfill
Porcine Pollution Solutions: A stinky blast from Madison’s sordid past
For those not familiar with pig terminology… From the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition: PORCINE (pronunciation: pôr′sīn″), adjective: Of or resembling swine or a pig. Of…
Lo and behold, the Madison-Kipp poison plume is still there!
For anyone who believes that Madison Kipp’s giant plume of toxic chlorinated solvents (and plethora of other poisons) under the increasingly hip
Burke sewage treatment plant
City of Madison
Environmental health
Oscar Mayer
PFCs or PFAS
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 plant–and former Oscar Mayer factory area–before discharging via the “golf…
The Cold War in Madison: Nuclear missiles assembled and stored at Truax Field
******************** This article is also posted on Historic Madison, Inc. The Cold War in Madison: Nuclear missiles assembled and stored at Truax Field In the heart of the Cold War,…
How contaminated is Madison’s drinking water compared to other cities?
As reported by Sharon Udasin in The Hill, Environmental Working Group’s recently released 2021 Tap Water Database compares contaminant levels in drinking water across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.…