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Madison fouled its own nest (Part 1)

April 4, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

This article is part of a much longer piece and has many significant gaps. Most information is from local Madison newspapers (via newspaperarchive.com); very early city history is from David…

Air National Guard PFCs or PFAS Starkweather Creek

Broken News!! Alarming PFAS hotspot at Truax base not included in Breaking News…

February 14, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

My last post, Breaking News! Starkweather Creek is as stagnant and PFAS-poisoned as ever!, neglected to mention the most alarming no longer breaking news–the highest PFAS levels in shallow groundwater…

HOPE? Starkweather Creek

Breaking News! Starkweather Creek is as stagnant and PFAS-poisoned as ever!

February 9, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

*** Last week a fellow Starkweather Creek activist discovered the “Dane County Regional Airport, December 2021 Progress Report” on the DNR BRRTS website, and shared it with a small group…

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“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS

February 5, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget, Part III) The mission of the Common Council President’s…

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Madison’s upside-down environmental justice approach = environmental injustice (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget, Part II).

February 1, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility

Clean Lakes Alliance Corporate greenwashing Fish Love?? PFAS Poisoned Yahara Lakes

Oops! Critical word missing from Clean Lakes Alliance “Love in the Lakes” flier

January 27, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Shouldn’t the title for the next Clean Lakes 101 Science Cafe be “Love PFAS in the Lakes” ?? Or perhaps “PFAS Love in the Lakes“? Given that the well-endowed, corporate…

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The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget? (Part 1)

January 21, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“A time comes when silence is betrayal” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967 “Beyond Vietnam-A Time

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Madison Water Utility corrects misinformation, assures alders Well 15 won’t be turned on without filtration & engaging the community

December 23, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

*** On December 13, I posted this piece about the Madison Water Utility’s November 29 presentation to the President’s Work Group on Environmental Justice. It outlined several incorrect and/or

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Winter Solstice…

December 21, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

My first glimpse of the sun over Madison’s north side today, December 21, 2021 The shortest day, the longest night. But as we head into the cold dark winter, paradoxically,…

Denialism Environmental destruction Environmental Justice PFCs or PFAS Wisconsin DNR

Dear DNR…

December 15, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Dear DNR… I have known for some time about the deadline today on proposed standards WY-23-19, Surface Water Standards for PFOS and PFOA. But weeks ago, feeling demoralized

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Water Utility General Manager misinforms Madison alders on PFAS in our drinking water

December 13, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo from Newsweek ************* The new General Manager of the Madison Water Utility, Krishna Kumar, was invited to the November 29, 2021 Common Council President’s Work Group on Environmental Justice…

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A miracle!?! PFAS is no longer a problem in Madison’s drinking water, says Water Utility

December 11, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

But is it true? No. In 2019 and 2020, the PFAS found in Madison’s drinking water was a big deal. See Wisconsin State Journal articles here, here, and here. In…

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Are eastside Madison residents breathing poisonous vapors? Does anyone care?

November 30, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article about the very unfortunate situation Madison resident Kenny Koeppler landed in by accident. In 1987, Koeppler

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“It Ain’t Wright”! Madison’s toxic past buried under Monona Terrace (and now eaten by subsistence anglers)

November 21, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

***** My dad grew up in downtown Madison during the 1930s, 40s and 50s in a home overlooking Lake Monona. He and his siblings fished and swam in the lake…

Racism University of Wisconsin-Madison

Is UW-Madison still “diversity doctoring” its promo photos?

November 18, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: promotional photo in the Winter 2021 University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni magazine, OnWisconsin. (This photo is not in the electronic version of the magazine. I took a photo of my…

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“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS

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Madison Water Utility corrects misinformation, assures alders Well 15 won’t be turned on without filtration & engaging the community

Winter Solstice…

Dear DNR…

Water Utility General Manager misinforms Madison alders on PFAS in our drinking water

A miracle!?! PFAS is no longer a problem in Madison’s drinking water, says Water Utility

Are eastside Madison residents breathing poisonous vapors? Does anyone care?

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