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No, chemical industry, you can’t have your cake and eat it too (Part 1)

February 13, 2017 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Richard Denison, Ph.D., Environmental Defense Fund There is an extreme anti-regulatory and anti-science bandwagon moving fast through Washington, and much of the chemical industry seems to have jumped right on…

City of Madison Landscape ordinances Natural yards

It Is Time to Reform Landscape Ordinances – Part 3

February 5, 2017 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Tim Wong’s bush has grown next to his neighbor’s driveway for over 20 years without causing any problem. By Janette Rosenbaum The first two parts of this series reviewed…

Landscape ordinances Natural yards

It Is Time to Reform Landscape Ordinances – Part 2

January 9, 2017 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Tree-lined streets like this one have safer traffic flow than streets without trees. By Janette Rosenbaum. Part 1 of this article described Madison’s vegetation ordinances, how public opinion is…

Landscape ordinances Natural yards

It’s Time to Reform Landscape Ordinances – Part 1

December 9, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Janette Rosenbaum In Madison, you cannot have any plants in your terrace within two feet of the street. You cannot have any plants along the bottom of your driveway…

City of Madison Environmental Justice Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxic Chemicals

What a Surprise!! More PCBs found in city-owned Kipp raingarden…

November 18, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Madison-Kipp raingarden in August 2014; behind it, Kipp was building a new curb and fence and paving parking lots, without the required approval and permits. MGE was digging around…

City of Madison Public Participation

City’s Priorities Out of Order; Citizens Punished for Doing the Right Thing (a new series)

November 12, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: The city has prioritized replacing a paved segment of terrace with grass, over repairing a pothole where children slip on ice (see story below). MEJO introduction to series: City…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Health Madison Dane County Toxic Chemicals

Kipp CEO refuses to answer questions about how company is addressing risks to factory workers

October 24, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

This is a followup to a previous post. A month ago I emailed John Hausbeck at Public Health Madison Dane County for help answering a set of questions about Kipp…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxic Chemicals

Huge societal costs of toxic chemicals

October 18, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News Researchers estimate the United States economy takes a $340 billion hit annually as endocrine-disrupting compounds lower IQs, increase behavior problems and exacerbate health woes like…

Environmental Justice Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination stormwater runoff Toxic Chemicals Toxins Water Pollution

City of Madison not requiring Kipp to measure PCBs in raingarden?

October 1, 2016 Jim Powell

This pictogram was used in this post; the splash pad has since been completed Since August we have tried to get the following information from the City of Madison on…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Health Madison Dane County Toxic Chemicals

What is Kipp doing to protect its workers from vapor intrusion? They won’t say.

September 29, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Workers in Madison-Kipp factory. … Kipp says they stopped using the highly toxic solvent tetrachloroethylene, also called perchloroethylene or PCE—the toxic chemical that was the main focus of the…

Wisconsin DNR

Cathy Stepp “fights for DNR behind the scenes”?

June 27, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

What does this mean? Read article by Wisconsin State Journal’s Steve Verburg here.

Air Pollution Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins

We’re all full of carcinogens…

June 14, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

A new report by the Environmental Working Group found as many as 420 “known or suspected” carcinogens in human populations. Read more and access the full report here.

Soil contamination stormwater runoff Toxins Water Pollution Wisconsin DNR

Wisconsin DNR not following its own rules

June 4, 2016 Jim Powell

This really isn’t a surprise but it’s still very disturbing. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL JUNE 3, 2016 WATER ENFORCEMENT | DNR DISREGARDING OWN RULES State audit finds DNR ignoring own rules…

Madison-Kipp Corp.

Insanity

March 25, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein

Air Pollution Madison-Kipp Corp.

Madison Kipp Pollution News Report Collage

March 2, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

From Clean Air Madison: Kipp News Collage These news stories present some of the environmental problems caused by the Madison-Kipp aluminum foundry in Madison, Wisconsin. Learn more about neighborhood efforts…

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What is Kipp doing to protect its workers from vapor intrusion? They won’t say.

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We’re all full of carcinogens…

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