Madison fouled its own nest (Part 1)
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…
DNR repeatedly engages public in Marinette & Peshtigo on PFAS–but ignores Madison
Heavily PFAS-contaminated Starkweather Creek water and sediments flood over a backyard garden in the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood in Madison, about a mile south of the Dane County Regional Airport and Truax…
UPDATE 2: Has Dane County actually been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 26 years?
UPDATE 2: Following up (again) on my original post, looking at my old stormwater regulation notes today, I saw that the City of Madison and Dane County received their first…
UPDATE: Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county storm drains? Who is responsible to make sure toxic chemicals…
Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county storm drains? Who is responsible to make sure toxic chemicals…
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 site–as well as Starkweather Creek, Yahara River, and Lake Monona.…
Monona Bay, Downtown Madison’s Toxic Cesspool
Fish art on Monona Bay created by Eric Anang. Photo by Amber Arnold, Wisconsin State Journal. Graphic additions by a MEJO collaborator. PFAS was found at significant levels in Monona…