Lo and behold, the Madison-Kipp poison plume is still there!
[Above: June 2021 plume map of PCE emanating from Madison-Kipp Corp, north-south cross section/isocontour. Where is Madison-Kipp? Above the solid…
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May Day! May Day! Madison-Kipp workers
Above: Workers in Kipp factory Is anyone assessing risks to Madison Kipp workers? There’s a plume of highly toxic PCE…
Government won’t test air pollution in the Madison-Kipp neighborhood, so citizens are doing it themselves
Above: View of Madison-Kipp’s Fair Oaks factory from the low-income apartments across the street. Clean Air Madison, MEJO, and Kipp…
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The Kipp raingarden PCB saga is not over
Photo: Kipp PCB raingarden, June 5, 2018 Are the Kipp raingarden PCB investigations and excavations finally over, six years after…
Sharon Helmus, your courageous Kipp resistance will be remembered!
One month ago, on March 10, 2018 Sharon Helmus died from complications after colon cancer surgery. She was 78. My…
Kipp’s Carcinogenic Chemicals Still Vaporizing into Surrounding Neighborhood
The class action lawsuit against Madison Kipp Corporation, settled in 2013, seems like eons ago. Have Kipp’s pollution problems been…
Kipp neighbors plan to set up their own air pollution monitors
Photo: Madison-Kipp Corporation’s die casting and aluminum melting stacks behind homes on Waubesa St. Today Steve Verburg reported in the…
Madison-Kipp’s PCBs Continue to Pollute Area Along City Bike Path
To learn more, see article by Steve Verburg in the Wisconsin State Journal…
What ever became of the DOJ lawsuit against Kipp?
In September 2012, the Wisconsin DOJ filed a lawsuit against Madison Kipp Corporation. It is still unresolved. Why? Because it…
Kipp PCBs continue to pollute area along Isthmus bike path, even after multiple remediations
Kipp drain pipe carries toxic PCBs to city rain garden near bike path , STEVEN VERBURG sverburg@madison.com The company…
Kipp Raingarden Update, Part 1: MEJO tests show that city land next to Kipp raingarden still contaminated with PCBs
Photo: Kids walk along bikepath next to Kipp raingarden in February 2017. Sadly, the seemingly never-ending Kipp raingarden saga continues.…
What a Surprise!! More PCBs found in city-owned Kipp raingarden…
Photo: Madison-Kipp raingarden in August 2014; behind it, Kipp was building a new curb and fence and paving parking lots, without the…
Kipp CEO refuses to answer questions about how company is addressing risks to factory workers
This is a followup to a previous post. A month ago I emailed John Hausbeck at Public Health Madison Dane County…
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City of Madison not requiring Kipp to measure PCBs in raingarden?
This pictogram was used in this post; the splash pad has since been completed Since August we have tried…
What is Kipp doing to protect its workers from vapor intrusion? They won’t say.
Photo: Workers in Madison-Kipp factory. … Kipp says they stopped using the highly toxic solvent tetrachloroethylene, also called perchloroethylene or…