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F-35
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stormwater runoff
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PFAS Task Force RIP
As we’ve experienced for twenty years in Madison, local government prefers to keep the public out of actions it takes–or does not take–regarding locally-occurring toxic pollution problems. The proposed Madison-Dane…
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Wisconsin DNR
PFAS levels in creek are more than “concerning”
The PFOS amount in foam found in Starkweather Creek was 92,000 parts per trillion, far exceeding the laughable EPA advisory threshold level of 70 ppt. The mayor should be more…
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Environmental Justice
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Starkweather Creek
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Madison Mayor calls PFAS levels in Starkweather Creek foam ‘concerning’
Photo: Kids fishing from Starkweather Creek at the Olbrich boat launch in summer 2018 (Maria Powell) By Abigail Becker, Cap Times Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday high concentrations…
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Risk Assessment
Starkweather Creek
stormwater runoff
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Wisconsin DNR
Madison residents increasingly alarmed by PFAS levels in local waterways
Photo: Starkweather Creek in the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood (Maria Powell). By Steve Elbow, Cap Times Lance Green has been collecting water samples from Starkweather Creek for years. As a volunteer for…
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Starkweather EJ Project
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Wisconsin DNR
Northside News: Northside advocates address PFAS well and waterways dangers
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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Environmental Justice
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Public Health Madison Dane County
Public Participation
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Starkweather Creek
stormwater runoff
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Water quality
Toxic PFAS in Starkweather Creek, Madison Wisconsin; What is the public health agency doing to protect people from exposures? To engage the community?
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…
As DNR contemplates PFAS regulation, industry seeks to narrow scope
By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal As Wisconsin moves to limit human exposure to a new class of toxic chemicals, industry groups are pushing to narrow the scope of what’s…
Sewage treatment plants pass on DNR request for PFAS testing
By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal See entire article here.
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.
CSWAB UPDATE: Wisconsin Groups Join Together in Call for Regulating PFAS
Today – on this national Imagine a Day Without Water – 28 environmental and social justice organizations from around Wisconsin sent a joint statement to dozens of state legislators with…
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Starkweather Creek
stormwater runoff
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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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stormwater runoff
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Questions Remain Unanswered Two Months After MGE Fires
By Samantha Jones, Madison Commons Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and local environmental advocates are calling for greater transparency nearly two months after fires at two Madison Gas & Electric substations in…
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Community engagement
Environmental Justice
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Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Wisconsin DNR
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District releasing PFAS into Reindahl Park & Starkweather Creek —with City of Madison, Dane County and DNR approval
Photo: Excavations for new sewer line on county land north of Reindahl Park on October 10, 2019 The Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD)–with permits from City of Madison and DNR–will…
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Risk Assessment
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Wisconsin DNR
DNR: High levels of PFAS found in Starkweather Creek
Photo: Children catching panfish at the mouth of Starkweather Creek, summer 2018 By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal See full article here. State environmental regulators have found high levels of…
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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…