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At long last, one MEJO question (unlike most we have asked, which remain unanswered) has been answered!! Storm water runoff entering the pipe that empties into the raingarden originates at…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Wisconsin DNR

According to DNR’s strange math, Kipp’s PCE plume has reached or passed Well 8, but has not made it to Lake Monona…What?

September 4, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Recent updates from DNR and PHMDC (see most recent one here) on the ongoing Kipp pollution nightmare are full of careless errors, misleading statements, and critical omissions. Citizens deserve better…

Goodman Community Center

PHMDC Assures Public Goodman Splash Pad is Perfectly Safe Using Incorrect Numbers

August 30, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(After this story was posted, PHMDC corrected their numbers in the document linked to below) On August 26 the Wisconsin DNR released a public update including an “Evaluation of the…

Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp.

More Alarming PCB Hotspots Along City Bike Path Next to Goodman Center; Public in the Dark

August 22, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Kipp’s Sludge Garden Saga continues… an Arcadis (Kipp’s consultants) report dated August 6, 2014 includes data generated in April and May of this year showing the highest PCB hotspots found…

Toxins Water Pollution

MEJO supporting RayovACTION Road Trip for Battery Recycling

July 9, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The Midwest Environmental Justice Organization is collaborating with the Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) on it’s epic RayovACTION Road Trip to Madison on July 26. See more details here.…

Air Pollution Dioxins Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination Toxins

A “Healthy and Safe Place” for “Good Clean Fun”?

June 23, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Is this a safe place for children to frolic in a splash pad? Here are some of the toxic contaminants and safety risks not visible in the above photo… A…

Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination

“Forgotten” Kipp Toxic Hotspot Bubbles to the Surface Next to Goodman Community Center

June 12, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Now that the neighborhood class action lawsuit against Kipp is settled and Madison-Kipp has paid a total of $7.2 million dollars to homeowners near the factory, Kipp and government agencies…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Wisconsin DNR

How Far North is the Kipp Plume? Kipp Doesn’t Want The Public to Know…

May 4, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

At a March 19, 2014 community presentation, Madison-Kipp Corporation’s CEO Tony Koblinski presented Kipp pollution maps and invited citizens to view them after his talk, noting that “when you get…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Soil contamination stormwater runoff Toxins Water Pollution

Kipp’s Former Raingarden–Now SludgeGarden–Even More Toxic Than We Knew…

May 2, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Yesterday we obtained a Figure from the City of Madison with more PCB data from soils excavated from the Kipp raingarden, on City of Madison property just north of Kipp,…

Dioxins Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination stormwater runoff Toxins Water Pollution

Madison Kipp: Making a Beautiful Difference?

April 30, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

See the beautiful difference: Kipp Raingarden to Kipp Sludgegarden. Previous story about the Kipp raingarden here. A raingarden was built by middle school children in 2006 next to Madison-Kipp Corporation.…

Dane County Parks ecological restoration Pesticides Public Participation Toxins

Dane County Parks Celebrates Earth Week by Cutting Down Many Large Trees

April 24, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(Cut tree stumps treated with pesticides, Lake View Hill Park, April 23rd) On Earth Day and the day after, April 22rd and April 23th 2014, contractors hired by Dane County…

Air Pollution Dioxins Madison-Kipp Corp.

Is Kipp A Safe Place to Work? Cleaning Employee Fired by Contractor for Asking

April 13, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(Madison-Kipp Worker Pouring Molten Aluminum) –Madison Kipp Corporation’s non-unionized manufacturing workers, and contractors brought in to clean and do other work at the factory, are at ground zero for exposures…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Wisconsin DNR

So Sorry, DNR! Here’s the full transcript of the Jan. 29 2014 MEJO-DNR meeting

March 26, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(MEJO President, Dr. Maria Powell) In a meeting on March 21st, two DNR managers and two DNR lawyers scolded MEJO President, Dr. Maria Powell, for audiotaping the January 29 meeting…

Air Pollution Madison Water Utility Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Soil contamination Toxins Water Pollution Wisconsin DNR

“Mother Nature, though wounded, begins to take care of it,” says polluter

March 22, 2014 Jim Powell

At a March 19 public presentation, the president of Madison-Kipp Corporation described various pollution remediation actions that the aluminum parts manufacturer is belatedly being forced to do by the Wisconsin…

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Where does the raingarden pipe originate? (Kipp Question # 3896? We’ve lost count…)

According to DNR’s strange math, Kipp’s PCE plume has reached or passed Well 8, but has not made it to Lake Monona…What?

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More Alarming PCB Hotspots Along City Bike Path Next to Goodman Center; Public in the Dark

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“Forgotten” Kipp Toxic Hotspot Bubbles to the Surface Next to Goodman Community Center

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