Everyone deserves a healthy environment
A report compiled by Stacker was published in the Wisconsin State Journal today–Covert contamination: when organizations have failed to notify the public of drinking water issues in Wisconsin. The article…
This piece is a continuation of Parts II
Today’s Guardian story by Tom Perkins includes Madison well water PFAS results. The story supports–and adds another layer of complexity to–my previous story about how the U.S. EPA-approved analytical methods…
In 2019 and early 2020, the PFAS levels detected in many of Madison’s municipal drinking water wells were big news–they raised public concerns, and legitimately so (see Wisconsin State Journal…
The picture says it all. The city says this is about social equity and creating more affordable housing. Yes, Madison desperately needs more affordable housing. But is this a healthy…
This part of the “Madison fouled its own nest” series is based entirely on articles by Wisconsin State Journal reporter Ron Seely (all linked in the below article). There is…
This article is part of a much longer piece and has many significant gaps. Most information is from local Madison newspapers (via newspaperarchive.com); very early city history is from David…
“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget, Part III) The mission of the Common Council President’s…
“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility
*** On December 13, I posted this piece about the Madison Water Utility’s November 29 presentation to the President’s Work Group on Environmental Justice. It outlined several incorrect and/or
Photo from Newsweek ************* The new General Manager of the Madison Water Utility, Krishna Kumar, was invited to the November 29, 2021 Common Council President’s Work Group on Environmental Justice…
But is it true? No. In 2019 and 2020, the PFAS found in Madison’s drinking water was a big deal. See Wisconsin State Journal articles here, here, and here. In…
As reported by Sharon Udasin in The Hill, Environmental Working Group’s recently released 2021 Tap Water Database compares contaminant levels in drinking water across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.…
As PFAS pollution in Madison is detected in more and more places, and as the government regulating the pollution (WDNR) and the government entities responsible for much of that pollution…