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Photo of smoke plumes over Lake Monona from MGE and UW campus transformer fires, July 19, 2019. How much PFAS…

PFCs or PFAS Risk Assessment Toxic Chemicals

Study: Newer PFAS Chemicals ‘May Pose More Risks’ Than Those They Replaced

August 24, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Alex Formuzis, Environmental Working Group Findings Refute Chemical Industry Spin That Next-Generation Fluorinated Compounds Are Safer Than Carcinogens Pulled…

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Gov. Tony Evers creates council targeting PFAS contamination

August 24, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Brienna Reilly, Cap Times Gov. Tony Evers has formed a new council aimed at identifying potential sources of PFAS…

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Wisconsin DNR asks sewage treatment plants to test for PFAS

July 23, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking local wastewater treatment plants to begin…

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Wisconsin grapples with ‘green’ waste plants that spread hazardous PFAS

June 26, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Wisconsin wastewater plants were built to keep pollutants out of the environment, but state…

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Wisconsin may adopt one of nation’s toughest PFAS standards

June 22, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services on Friday recommended one of the nation’s most restrictive…

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PFAS regulations proposed by Wisconsin state elected officials

May 25, 2019 Jim Powell

Photo: Truax Air National Guard base in Madison, heavily contaminated with PFAS. This is an interesting story about belated-action by…

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PFAS found in groundwater under former sewage treatment plant

May 13, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Large ditch drains from former sewage plant through Bridges Golf Course and then directly into Starkweather Creek (see above photo)…

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Madison Water Utility withheld PFAS data because the public “wouldn’t understand”

April 17, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

At an April 15 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting, the Madison Water Utility admitted that it kept PFAS test data…

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Madison officials lead PR public meeting about PFAS in drinking water: Nothing to worry about!

March 17, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

On Saturday, March 16, at the East Madison Community Center, Madison Water Utility (WU) and Public Health Madison Dane County…

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Madison shutting down PFAS-contaminated well while insisting water is safe

March 5, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Madison is shutting down a North Side drinking water well that has been contaminated…

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Madison water utility board wants stronger PFAS protections considered

February 6, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal The Madison Water Utility Board is seeking stronger protections for Madison’s drinking water supply…

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Madison water utility hears demands on PFAS-tainted well

January 29, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Madison Well 15 at Reindahl Park By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal As citizen groups prepared to ask the…

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Public Health PFAS doublespeak: Exposures expected, but no risks! Huh?

January 6, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Child catches panfish at the mouth of Starkweather Creek where it flows into Lake Monona, July 2018 Our October…

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Men, Be Very Afraid! PFAS and Your Penis

December 1, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The most recent article by Sharon Lerner, in her Intercept series “The Teflon Toxin,” shares new research on health effects…

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PFAS spilled into Lake Monona after MGE fire; Did anyone test fish? Or warn anglers?