Category: Fish Advisory

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Northside News: Northside advocates address PFAS well and waterways dangers

November 29, 2019 Jim Powell

The December/January issue of the Northside News has a front page article on MEJO’s work… Northside advocates address PFAS well and waterways dangers By Cora Wiese Moore Northside News Growing…

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Toxic PFAS in Starkweather Creek, Madison Wisconsin; What is the public health agency doing to protect people from exposures? To engage the community?

November 13, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Foam at the Starkweather Creek/Olbrich Park boat launch on October 24 (Wisconsin State Journal) Recent news about alarming levels of the highly toxic “forever chemicals” known as “PFAS” (per…

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MEJO Report: Starkweather Creek & Toxic Stormwater Runoff in Madison, Wis.

April 21, 2019 Jim Powell

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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Toxic PFAS is in Starkweather Creek; will anyone test the fish?

October 6, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

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…

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From the Archives: “The Mean Machine” on Lake Monona, Madison, Wis., 2006

June 13, 2015 Jim Powell

In September 2006, MEJO held a fish advisory sign making party and fish fry at Brittingham Park on Monona Bay in Madison. Wis., to raise awareness of shoreline anglers about…

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Environmental Injustices “Beneath the Surface” in Madison

February 12, 2014 Jim Powell

DOCUMENTARY HERE In “progressive” Madison, denial of any serious environmental pollution problems, growing race and income inequalities, and white privilege among government decisionmakers work together to create—and yet render invisible—racial…

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Eat Fish, Live Longer?

January 3, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Well, it depends… (Fish truck in New York City, Jan 3, 2014)

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A recent Madison Commons article about eating locally caught fish and EJ

December 21, 2013 Jim Powell

From Madison Commons: Advisories on eating fish from local lakes may not be reaching all By Yilang Peng | Thu, 10/17/2013 – 10:19am Fish from Madison’s lakes contain contaminants that…

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Still Invisible: The Risks of Eating Locally Caught Fish from Polluted Waters

December 7, 2013 Jim Powell

MEJO’s first project involved toxins in locally caught fish in Madison, Wis. What we had expected to be a two month project–installing fish consumption advisory signs along lake shorelines–turned into…

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Coming Soon…Madison’s Salty Seas!

December 2, 2013 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Stay tuned….!!

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MEJO in the News

September 13, 2012 Jim Powell

MEJO in “Environmental Health News” Pollution, Poverty, People of Color: Warnings about contaminated fish fail to reach people most at risk By Rae Tyson Environmental Health News September 13, 2012…

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A better approach?

June 11, 2012 Jim Powell

GONE FISHING! Instead of continuing to beg our environmental & public health agencies to monitor toxins in water and fish, which we’ve learned is a futile endeavor, we’ve decided to…

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“Invisible People, Invisible Risks”

October 11, 2011 Jim Powell

In the new MIT Press book, Technoscience and Environmental Justice: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement, the Midwest Environmental Justice Organization (MEJO) chronicles its Madison effort to raise local awareness…

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Madison Rhythm & Booms Fireworks – Impact on the Environment

June 8, 2010 Jim Powell

MEJO Fireworks Report – June 2010

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Fish Advisory Signs Victory!

November 18, 2008 Jim Powell

In recognition of the human health concerns of eating locally caught fish, the City of Madison and Dane County has authorized the Public Health Department to place fish consumption advisory…