Eastsiders be warned! City hydrogeologist says Isthmus is more contaminated than Hartmeyer/Oscar Mayer site!
In today’s Wisconsin State Journal article by Chris Hubbuch, city hydrogeologist Brynn Bemis was quoted saying that the Hartmeyer land,…
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Oscar Mayer Sludge History, Part II
The latest installment of Maria’s Powell’s saga of a corporation and the city that loved it…to its own detriment. OSCAR…
Oscar Mayer Sludge History, Part II
Part 1 of this article told the story of Oscar Mayer & Co. sloshing sludge into Starkweather Creek, the Yahara…
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Oscar Mayer’s Earth Day, 1970: Spray chemical perfumes on sewage stench!
In 1970, just before Madison’s first Earth Day, Oscar Mayer installed a mile-long system that misted artificial chemical perfumes around…
Pesticides and PFAS should be tested at Oscar Mayer, Burke & Starkweather Creek
Oscar Mayer in 1947 (Wisconsin State Journal photo) In May 2020, a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) contracted by…
Oscar Mayer’s insecticide experiments and manufacturing
By Maria C. Powell, PhD Note: All citations have been removed for ease of reading. If you are interested in…
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Oscar Mayer contamination must be fully investigated & remediated before redevelopment
For 100 years, Oscar Mayer & Co. and corporations that purchased it have polluted the land and groundwater beneath the…
Oscar Mayer (cont.)
MEJO ON CITY’S OSCAR MAYER SPECIAL AREA & BUS BARN PLANS Comments to City of Madison about the Oscar Mayer…
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Victory!! No Metro Bus Barn at the Poisoned Oscar Mayer site
Oscar Mayer site in 1947 (photo from Wisconsin State Journal) Victory for Madison’s Northside! Madison’s Metro Transit authority has abandoned…
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What does 2021 hold for Oscar Mayer?
As PFAS pollution in Madison is detected in more and more places, and as the government regulating the pollution (WDNR)…
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OSCAR MAYER, PART II OSCAR MAYER’S INSECTICIDE EXPERIMENTS AND MANUFACTURING OSCAR MAYER INVESTIGATIVE & REMEDIAL REPORTS MEJO’s COMMENTS ON CITY’S…
Plan Commissioners have no clue what environmental justice means–or don’t care?
This is a postscript to “Tell Madison Plan Commission to follow Environmental Justice policy on December 12″ (also pasted below).…
Will “capping” arsenic at Hartmeyer housing protect vulnerable people?
[Image from the Collaborative on Health & the Environment, CHE] ~~~ City of Madison planners are working with developers from…
Corporate Behemoth Kraft-Heinz wants to cover up its poisons, Part II: Community resists
First, a little background… Part I described how Kraft Heinz purchased the Hartmeyer property, and how our current “remediation and…
Tell Madison Plan Commission to follow Environmental Justice policy on December 12
On Monday, December 12, the Madison Plan Commission will decide whether to approve conditional use zoning so developers from Santa…