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New York Times report on the Pentagon’s delayed “Forever Chemicals” cleanups

August 1, 2026 Jim Powell

Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties…

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PFAS cleanup at military sites see long delays nationwide, including in Wisconsin

August 1, 2026 Jim Powell

Wisconsin Public Radio on PFAS remediation delays at Truax Field in Dance County and elsewhere. PFAS cleanup at military sites see long delays nationwide, including in Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin…

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New website shows Dane County Airport PFAS levels still exceed enforcement standards

August 1, 2026 Jim Powell

A new website, Glass Government which states that it is is an independent media monitor and public resource, had a list of recent PFAS testing documented for the Dane County…

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What are they hiding? Darwin burn pit reports missing from U.S. Department of Defense, Dane Co, DNR files

October 13, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

In a previous post, I wrote: “On February 14, 1996, Gordon D. Hussey, Chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Branch Engineering Division wrote to Michael Schmoller at…

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Dane County Airport’s “EcoMentality” = Doublespeak + Magical Thinking

October 5, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

***** A small consulting firm out of Verona, Orin Technologies , claims that it has done what no other scientists or engineers anywhere else in

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DNR powerless as burn pit RPs are “snarled in negotiations” for 33 (and counting) years?

September 29, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

***** On July 25, 1989, Laurie Egre at the Wisconsin DNR wrote to her colleague Joe Brusca about the “Truax Air National Guard Fire Training Site.” She referred to the…

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Dane County “fixing to get ready” to do something about burn pits

September 20, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

***** Dane County calls its

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Madison, Dane County, & National Guard pass around PFAS hot potato-Wisconsin State Journal

September 3, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Note to readers: Over the years we have posted countless links to online WSJ and Cap times stories (on Madison.com) in our articles. We have occasionally posted entire articles, knowing…

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Private Madison well highly PFAS contaminated; Dane County’s Truax Field is the likely source

July 26, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

In fall 2021, a colleague noticed this letter on the DNR’s BRRTS website, from the DNR to residents of a home on Madison’s east side. The letter says: “The Wisconsin…

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Dane County legally fights DNR PFAS stormwater regulations–with help from national anti-regulatory lobbying group

June 16, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

On June 3, I asked “What is “progressive” Dane County doing about the PFAS oozing from the airport & burn pits?” Today Chris Hubbuch at the Wisconsin State Journal reported…

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What is “progressive” Dane County doing about the PFAS oozing from the airport & burn pits?

June 3, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

****** Last October, Wisconsin Watch published “Something has to be done’ about Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways” by Isaac Wasserman. What is “progressive” and “green” Dane County…

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Will ANYONE ever clean up the PFAS-soaked burn pits at the Dane County Airport?

April 28, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: Dane County Regional Airport development sign in front of the unremediated Darwin burn pit site. ***** This post may be changed/updated… About one year ago, I posted this: Again,…

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Dane County attorney assures supervisors that PFAS at Truax Field is under control

June 7, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above, Amy Tutwiler, attorney with Dane County Corporation Counsel Last week Abigail Becker of the Cap Times reported on the June 3 special county board meeting about the PFAS mess…

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Dane County Airport’s WPDES permit is expired and doesn’t mention PFAS. Why?

February 24, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Over two and a half years ago, June 2018, we asked DNR to include PFAS monitoring in Dane County airport’s WPDES permit, which includes requirements for regular monitoring of Starkweather…

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How much PFAS is oozing down Starkweather Creek from Dane County Regional Airport & Truax base??

February 1, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Starkweather Creek flowing through the Darbo Worthington neighborhood, about a mile south of the airport and military base. See readable map here. Please contact info@mejo.us for reports with data depicted…

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