DNR investigating foam on PFAS-tainted Starkweather Creek
By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal Foam at boat launch at mouth of Starkweather Creek (Wisconsin State Journal photo) See entire article here.
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Report: Dane County airport stormwater contributing PFAS to Starkweather Creek
By Chris Chubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal New data show the Dane County Regional Airport is contributing significant amounts of hazardous chemicals known as PFAS into Starkweather Creek, which empties into…
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PFAS traveled from MGE to Lake Monona after July fire; DNR says there may be other sources
Following from our September 25 post, Steve Elbow at the Cap Times wrote this article after talking with Steve Martin at the DNR about the PFAS that traveled from MGE…
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PFAS spilled into Lake Monona after MGE fire; Did anyone test fish? Or warn anglers?
Photo of smoke plumes over Lake Monona from MGE and UW campus transformer fires, July 19, 2019. How much PFAS was in this smoke–and how far did it travel? ********…
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PFAS regulations proposed by Wisconsin state elected officials
Photo: Truax Air National Guard base in Madison, heavily contaminated with PFAS. This is an interesting story about belated-action by Wisconsin officials to address PFAS, though given the political climate,…
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MEJO Report: Starkweather Creek & Toxic Stormwater Runoff in Madison, Wis.
On Earth Day, April 22, the Midwest Environmental Justice Organization released a report on its USEPA-funded Starkweather Creek Environmental Justice project. STARKWEATHER CREEK & TOXIC STORMWATER RUNOFF REPORT Pollution, governance…
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Madison and Dane County wait for military to test burn pits
Photo: former Dane County burn pit at 1750 Pearson Street By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Despite the lack of funding for a military cleanup, Madison and Dane County have…
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Discarded deadlines let polluted plume from military base spread unchecked
By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Last spring, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warned Truax Air National Guard base in Madison it could face enforcement action if it didn’t…
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Drinking water contamination linked to chemicals seeping from air base rose slightly
Photo: Madison Well 15 By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Testing results released Monday show a slight increase in hazardous fluorinated compounds in Madison drinking water. A Madison Water Utility…
Three years later, Wisconsin hasn’t stopped toxic chemical flow
The following appeared in the December 9, 2018 print edition of the Wisconsin State Journal By Steven Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Toxic chemicals linked to an array of life-threatening illnesses…
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Toxic PFAS is in Starkweather Creek; will anyone test the fish?
Fish caught by children at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in June 2018 (they did not eat the fish). A MEJO post last May linked to an Air National Guard…
Ho-Chunk and Starkweather Event is Huge Success!
The Ho-Chunk and Starkweather Creek history event on July 25, organized by MEJO’s Starkweather Environmental Justice project team, was a huge success—a really unique multi-cultural gathering. Event co-sponsors were Ho-Chunk…
MEJO, East Madison Community Center Kids, and Gambian Youths of Wisconsin Go Fishing!
On Saturday, July 7, the MEJO Starkweather project team, kids in the East Madison Community Center summer programs, and Gambian Youths of Wisconsin went to the mouth of Starkweather Creek…
Community dinner kicks off new EPA-funded environmental justice project
MEJO and the East Madison Community Center held a community fish dinner on September 30 to close out the Center’s Hunger Action Month activities and kickoff MEJO’s new USEPA-funded Starkweather…