A miracle!?! PFAS is no longer a problem in Madison’s drinking water, says Water Utility
But is it true? No. In 2019 and 2020, the PFAS found in Madison’s drinking water was a big deal.…
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Burke sewage treatment plant
City of Madison
Environmental health
Oscar Mayer
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
What’s draining from these pipes into Starkweather Creek? PFAS & other poisons
Above: Giant drain pipes in Bridges Golf Course, which receive PFAS-contaminated stormwater from the former Truax landfill and Burke sewage…
What is being done about Starkweather Creek? The military is spewing (or burying) PFAS contamination, proposing experimental “pilot” studies
[Above, storm drains discharging into Starkweather Creek from the PFAS-soaked Truax Field. Photo-Maria Powell] “Something has to be done immediately”…
EPA PFAS “Strategic Roadmap” is no panacea
[Above: Truax/East Madison Community Center teens at Starkweather Creek where they tested sediments for PFAS, after the Air National Guard,…
John Oliver: “The world is soaked in the Devil’s Piss” (PFAS)
PFAS is not at all funny. But comedian John Oliver’s story of how the world came to be soaked in…
Environmental destruction
Environmental health
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
PFCs or PFAS
Wastewater Treatment
How much PFAS is the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District spreading on Dane County farmland? Does anyone care?
How much PFAS is in Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) sludge, applied to 5000 acres of Dane County farmland? From…
How much PFAS is in the muck Dane County’s Dragon Dredge will suck? Where will it go?
Dane County’s Dragon Dredge (John Hart Photos, Wisconsin State Journal) “Dragon Dredge’ starts work on next phase” by Emily Hamer…
Clean Lakes Alliance: How can we help our PFAS-poisoned lakes & fish?
How can we help our PFAS-poisoned Yahara lakes and fish? Clean Lakes Alliance and its corporate sponsors–wealthy corporations, chemical producers,…
Fish from all Yahara lakes except Mendota and Wingra on advisory for PFAS
DNR: Fish from Yahara chain of lakes contaminated with PFAS; anglers warned to limit consumption Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal…
Air National Guard
City of Madison
Dane County Regional Airport
Environmental destruction
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Dane County attorney assures supervisors that PFAS at Truax Field is under control
Above, Amy Tutwiler, attorney with Dane County Corporation Counsel Last week Abigail Becker of the Cap Times reported on the…
Mayor responds to Sustainable Madison Committee’s PFAS Recommendations
Eken Park Resistance leaders and community members put jars of local waters in front of the City-County Building at the…
Air National Guard
City of Madison
Dane County
Environmental Justice
PFCs or PFAS
Public Participation
Starkweather Creek
Truax
Wisconsin DNR
Yahara Lakes
DNR repeatedly engages public in Marinette & Peshtigo on PFAS–but ignores Madison
Heavily PFAS-contaminated Starkweather Creek water and sediments flood over a backyard garden in the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood in Madison, about a…
Air National Guard
City of Madison
Environmental Justice
F-35
PFCs or PFAS
Public Participation
Racial Justice
Starkweather Creek
Water Pollution
Sustainable Madison Committee to Mayor and Council on PFAS
Above: Fishing at the mouth of Starkweather Creek as it flows into Lake Monona at Olbrich Park (Photo-Maria Powell) April…
Air National Guard
City of Madison
Endocrine disruptors
Environmental Justice
Fish
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS “forever chemicals” impair our immune systems–National Academy of Sciences
Above: Teens fishing at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in Madison, a popular shoreline fishing spot for people of color,…
Pesticides and PFAS should be tested at Oscar Mayer, Burke & Starkweather Creek
Oscar Mayer in 1947 (Wisconsin State Journal photo) In May 2020, a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) contracted by…