The under-reported role of toxic substance exposures in the COVID-19 pandemic
From the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology (full article here or here) By Kostoff RN, Briggs MB, Porter AL, Hernández…
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PFAS, COVID and potential environmental racism
By Brad Geyer, Safe Skies, Clean Water The draft environmental impact study acknowledged that there will be “significant disproportionate impacts…
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UPDATE 2: Has Dane County actually been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 26 years?
UPDATE 2: Following up (again) on my original post, looking at my old stormwater regulation notes today, I saw that…
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In “green” Madison, air pollution ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms people of color
(Photo above: Construction during the Madison Verona Rd-W. Beltline highway expansion) The Washington Post reported yesterday: “Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately…
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UPDATE: Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county…
3.4 billion masks thrown away every day
Comic by Joe Heller–HELLERTOON.COM “Globally, 65 billion gloves are used every month. The tally for face masks is nearly twice…
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PFAS “forever chemicals” impair our immune systems–National Academy of Sciences
Above: Teens fishing at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in Madison, a popular shoreline fishing spot for people of color,…
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Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county…
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Addendum: Will Wisconsin Air National Guard follow DNR laws on PFAS investigations & cleanup?
A couple weeks ago, we posted this article asking whether the Wisconsin Air National Guard (WIANG) will follow DNR laws…
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Oops! We poisoned the “Giants Among Us”–the Yahara lakes
MEJO’s Jim Powell and Touyeng Xiong teach kids how to put bait on fish hooks at the Olbrich Park fishing…
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s forgotten “giant triplets” alive & well in Madison, Wisconsin
From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”: “I am convinced that if…
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Madison alders approved city’s first environmental justice policy this summer–without knowing it
Dane County and Madison have some of the worst racial disparities in the nation. Elected officials vow time and again…
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Firefighting Foam Action in Wisconsin
From International Fire Fighter Vicki Quint Water contamination issues from PFAS are creating pressure on the fire service to make…
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Police brutality and environmental injustices are connected
(Image from The Nation) MEJO condemns the brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer–and…
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Capital City Hues on MEJO & EMCC Starkweather PFAS testing (Part 2)
East Madison Community Center (EMCC) Starkweather project team members Mack Rimson, Kenyan Harper, and Elijah Smith (left to right) at…