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Fireworks Over Downtown Madison Pose No Long-term Health Risks? We Disagree

August 6, 2013 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Jeff Lafferty of Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC) assured the public in recent newspaper articles that the huge Rhythm & Booms fireworks show planned for downtown Madison in 2014…

Air Pollution Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins Water Pollution

Neighbors Settle for $7.2 Million But Many Kipp Environmental Injustices Still Not Addressed

July 16, 2013 Jim Powell

The immediate neighbors around the Madison-Kipp Corp. factory settled their two class action lawsuits on Monday, July 15. The immediate neighbors and their attorneys will receive a total of $7.2…

Madison Water Utility Public Participation Smart Meters

Madison Water Utility Tells Customers “You Wingnuts Just Can’t Take a Joke!”…

July 9, 2013 Jim Powell

Madison Water Utility Tells Customers “You Wingnuts Just Can’t Take a Joke!”… While Itron Corporation Laughs All the Way to the Bank With his contract renewal going before the Madison…

Madison-Kipp Corp.

Kipp’s PCE contamination under–and past–Lowell School?

June 8, 2013 Jim Powell

Kipp’s PCE plume on its way to drinking water well and Lake Monona At the May 28 Madison Water Utility Board meeting, staff reported the following (from the minutes): Madison…

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

Ignorance is Bliss (Series Supplement)

May 8, 2013 Jim Powell

Remember the Kipp Dioxin Debacle? Lo and Behold, Kipp Has Been Producing Dioxins All This Time! (shhhh…..) Dioxin from Kipp’s Stacks? An “Urban Myth” of “Misinformed Activists”! The issue of…

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

New Data Maps Show Widespread Kipp Pollution

April 8, 2013 Jim Powell

New Maps Show Alarming & Widespread Groundwater Contamination Around Kipp Using just-released data at the Madison-Kipp 101- year old industrial site and surrounding neighborhood, Dr. Lorne G. Everett has produced…

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

“Shocking” Levels of Contaminants Found at Madison-Kipp in Recent Tests

March 25, 2013 Jim Powell

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—March 25, 2013 “Shocking” Levels of Contaminants Found at Madison-Kipp in Recent Tests Recent tests at Madison-Kipp Corporation reveal “shocking” levels of PCEs in groundwater beneath the factory…

Air Pollution Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins

Ignorance is Bliss (Part 3 )

March 8, 2013 Jim Powell

Toxic Contaminants at Madison-Kipp? Don’t Worry, There’s No Risk! Overview: Toxic Contaminants From Above and Below The U.S. EPA Notice of Violation that Madison-Kipp Corporation (Kipp) received in September 2012…

Madison Water Utility Smart Meters

Madison’s Smart Meter Fight in the News

February 15, 2013 Jim Powell

Dumb Meter Update – Madison’s Smart Meter Fight in the News As national concerns multiply about the dumb idea called “smart meters,” see what USA TODAY has to say about…

Air Pollution Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins

Ignorance is Bliss (Part 2)

February 1, 2013 Jim Powell

Forgot to follow Wisconsin pollution laws? No worries, DNR doesn’t mind In a previous article (below and here), MEJO explored whether the Goodman Community Center, built on a contaminated former…

Air Pollution Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins

Ignorance is Bliss (Part 2 Cont.)

February 1, 2013 Jim Powell

A Note about the Industrial History of the Goodman and Kipp sites According to Goodman’s 2008 closure documents, previous manufacturing activities at the Goodman Community Center property included metal cutting,…

Air Pollution Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins

Ignorance is Bliss (Part 1)

January 15, 2013 Jim Powell

Environmental Justice Issues at Madison-Kipp and Goodman Community Center Ignored The east side of Madison, Wisconsin, is not a place most people would expect to have environmental justice problems. Toxic…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins

MEJO Investigates: Contamination at Goodman – Remediation plan being followed?

January 15, 2013 Jim Powell

The Goodman Community Center, behind Madison-Kipp Corp. on Waubesa Street, opened its doors in 2009 in a renovated factory with industrial use going back to the 1880s. In spite of…

Air Pollution Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins

Community Center and School At-Risk

October 25, 2012 Jim Powell

Madison-Kipp Sued by State and Cited by EPA Madison’s oldest polluter, Madison-Kipp Corp, is being sued by the State of Wisconsin for PCB contamination. In early September, the U.S. EPA…

Madison Water Utility Smart Meters

Smart Meter Opt Out Victory!

October 24, 2012 Jim Powell

Smart Meters: A Risk to Public Health and the Environment On October 24, 2012, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission approved a smart meter opt out for Madison Water Utility customers,…

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Fireworks Over Downtown Madison Pose No Long-term Health Risks? We Disagree

Neighbors Settle for $7.2 Million But Many Kipp Environmental Injustices Still Not Addressed

Madison Water Utility Tells Customers “You Wingnuts Just Can’t Take a Joke!”…

Kipp’s PCE contamination under–and past–Lowell School?

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New Data Maps Show Widespread Kipp Pollution

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