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Kipp Offers Water Utility Some Advice: Run Olbrich Well 24/7!

March 8, 2014 Jim Powell

In a February 26, 2014 email Madison-Kipp Corporation advised the Madison Water Utility to pump the Olbrich Well (Well 8) full-time, after the Water Utility Board asked for assurance from…

Air Pollution Dioxins Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination

High Levels of PCBs Being Excavated from Kipp’s Floors—Are Workers Protected?

February 19, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(Two Kipp Workers, photo by John Hart, Madison.com). According to a recent letter from Kipp to the DNR, Kipp has been excavating inside the factory, and finding PCBs in concrete…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins Wisconsin DNR

20,000 ppm PCBs under Kipp? No Worries ! “Just Ordinary Dirt,” says Kipp CEO

February 13, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(Kipp’s CEO, Tony Koblinski, in Kipp’s corporate offices, photo from Madison.com) In a June 19, 2013 letter to the Wisconsin DNR (first obtained by MEJO in January, 2014), the U.S.…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution

Environmental Injustices “Beneath the Surface” in Madison

February 12, 2014 Jim Powell

DOCUMENTARY HERE In “progressive” Madison, denial of any serious environmental pollution problems, growing race and income inequalities, and white privilege among government decisionmakers work together to create—and yet render invisible—racial…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins Wisconsin DNR

DNR Too Busy to Answer Questions About Madison-Kipp. Can Anyone Out There Help?

February 8, 2014 Jim Powell

For several years, MEJO has been asking the Wisconsin DNR questions related to Madison-Kipp Corporation’s toxic pollution. Last December, Remediation and Redevelopment staff threatened us with a $700 fee to…

Fish Advisory Toxins Water Pollution

Eat Fish, Live Longer?

January 3, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Well, it depends… (Fish truck in New York City, Jan 3, 2014)

Fish Advisory Toxins Water Pollution

A recent Madison Commons article about eating locally caught fish and EJ

December 21, 2013 Jim Powell

From Madison Commons: Advisories on eating fish from local lakes may not be reaching all By Yilang Peng | Thu, 10/17/2013 – 10:19am Fish from Madison’s lakes contain contaminants that…

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Environmental Injustices At Verona Road Continue…

December 12, 2013 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Steve Glass posted an excellent blog, with photos by David Thompson, about the social and environmental injustices related to the ongoing Verona Road Interchange reconstruction project. Several years ago, MEJO…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution

Still Invisible: The Risks of Eating Locally Caught Fish from Polluted Waters

December 7, 2013 Jim Powell

MEJO’s first project involved toxins in locally caught fish in Madison, Wis. What we had expected to be a two month project–installing fish consumption advisory signs along lake shorelines–turned into…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins Wisconsin DNR

DNR Now Charging $700 to Answer Questions?

December 7, 2013 Jim Powell

The DNR just doesn’t like to answer questions about Madison-Kipp Corp. MEJO has experienced the art of the “non-answer” answer from DNR for years, but now it has gotten to…

Fish Advisory Toxins Water Pollution

Coming Soon…Madison’s Salty Seas!

December 2, 2013 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Stay tuned….!!

Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins Wisconsin DNR

PCEs with your Pie, Anyone? Toxic Plume Under Goodman Center Still Ignored…

November 22, 2013 Maria C. Powell, PhD

A couple weeks ago, I had lunch with a friend in the Ironworks Café at the Goodman Community Center. The food was delicious and the servers were helpful and friendly.…

Madison Water Utility Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins Water Pollution Wisconsin DNR

Oops!!! Maybe a Raingarden for Kipp’s Toxic Runoff Wasn’t a Good Idea After All?

November 6, 2013 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Children Creating Kipp Raingarden in 2006–Mucking Around in Kipp’s PCBs! Original Photo Caption from the 2006 Rock River Newsletter: Whitehorse Middle School science students seemed to enjoy rolling up their…

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

Kipp Settles Lawsuit, Silences Neighbors with Money, and Denies Responsibility

October 30, 2013 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The class action lawsuit against Madison-Kipp Corporation (MKC) was approved in U.S. District Court on Oct. 28 in a hearing that lasted a few minutes. The judge, lawyers, and two…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination Toxins Wisconsin DNR

Kipp’s Contaminant Plume Under Goodman Center–Are Children Exposed? Nobody Knows…

August 10, 2013 Jim Powell

Documents from Madison Kipp’s consultants, released by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) June 21, 2013, show that Kipp’s plume of toxic volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) is beneath the…

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Kipp Offers Water Utility Some Advice: Run Olbrich Well 24/7!

High Levels of PCBs Being Excavated from Kipp’s Floors—Are Workers Protected?

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