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City of Madison Environmental health Environmental Justice Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Oscar Mayer PCBs PFCs or PFAS Starkweather Creek Toxic Chemicals Wastewater Treatment Water Pollution Yahara Lakes

Oscar Mayer contamination must be fully investigated & remediated before redevelopment

March 21, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

For 100 years, Oscar Mayer & Co. and corporations that purchased it have polluted the land and groundwater beneath the…

People’s Environmental History of Madison

March 21, 2021 Jim Powell

I am still working on the People’s Environmental History of Madison, but rarely post excerpts here. If you are interested…

Air National Guard City of Madison Environmental health Environmental Justice Fire fighting Madison Gas & Electric PFCs or PFAS Toxic Chemicals Water Pollution

PFAS from 2019 MGE fire continues to ooze, drain, and slosh into Lake Monona

March 1, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Firefighters spray PFAS-containing foam on exploded transformer at the Madison Gas & Electric Blount St. station in Madison, summer 2019…

Air National Guard Dane County Dane County Regional Airport Fish Starkweather Creek stormwater runoff Toxic Chemicals Truax Water Pollution Wisconsin DNR

Dane County Airport’s WPDES permit is expired and doesn’t mention PFAS. Why?

February 24, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Over two and a half years ago, June 2018, we asked DNR to include PFAS monitoring in Dane County airport’s…

Endocrine disruptors Environmental health Fertility PCBs Toxic Chemicals

Male fertility has been plummeting for almost 100 years; Why are we pretending this is a “new” problem?

February 21, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Today’s New York Times column by Nicholas Kristof (pasted below for those who don’t have NYT subscriptions) raises alarms about…

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Monona Bay, Downtown Madison’s Toxic Cesspool

February 15, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Fish art on Monona Bay created by Eric Anang. Photo by Amber Arnold, Wisconsin State Journal. Graphic additions by a…

Environmental health PCBs PFCs or PFAS Plastics Risk Assessment Toxic Chemicals

Toxic substances are everywhere, two UW profs say

February 10, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Image from mindovermetal.co.uk Toxic substances are everywhere, two UW profs say From United Press International (in the Wisconsin State Journal)…

City of Madison Clean Lakes Alliance Corporate greenwashing Fish PFCs or PFAS Starkweather Creek Toxic Chemicals Water Pollution

Clean Lakes Alliance–Madison’s Darling Corporate Greenwashers

February 4, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

While unfunded, exhausted, and beleaguered Madison citizens slog for years begging city, county, and state agencies, and the U.S. military,…

Madison Water Utility

DNR orders new plan to stop spread of PFAS at Madison airport after experimental treatment fails

January 27, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Starkweather Creek flowing from the Dane County Regional Airport By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal The Department of Natural Resources…

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Oops! We poisoned the “Giants Among Us”–the Yahara lakes

January 22, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

MEJO’s Jim Powell and Touyeng Xiong teach kids how to put bait on fish hooks at the Olbrich Park fishing…

Air National Guard City of Madison Environmental Justice F-35 Fighter jets Fish Inequality Military Poverty Privilege Racial disparities Racism Starkweather Creek Toxic Chemicals Truax

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s forgotten “giant triplets” alive & well in Madison, Wisconsin

January 18, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”: “I am convinced that if…

Oscar Mayer

November 20, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

OSCAR MAYER, PART II OSCAR MAYER’S INSECTICIDE EXPERIMENTS AND MANUFACTURING OSCAR MAYER INVESTIGATIVE & REMEDIAL REPORTS MEJO’s COMMENTS ON CITY’S…

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Utility to build over toxic sludge at former sewage plant on Madison’s Northside

November 13, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: Burke sewage plant “trickling filters” built around 1916. Photo from Wisconsin Historical Society ******* One of Madison’s long-standing corporate…

City of Madison Environmental health Fire fighting Fish Advisory Madison Gas & Electric PFCs or PFAS Starkweather Creek Toxic Chemicals Water Pollution

Firefighting Foam Action in Wisconsin

August 11, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

From International Fire Fighter Vicki Quint Water contamination issues from PFAS are creating pressure on the fire service to make…

Air National Guard Department of Defense Environmental health Environmental Justice F-35 Fighter jets Military Pentagon PFCs or PFAS Racial disparities Racism Risk Assessment Starkweather Creek Toxic Chemicals Truax Trump Water Pollution

Faith Leaders Oppose F-35 Fighter Jets

August 3, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

A full-page ad appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on July 29, 2020 – speaking against the F-35 fighter jets…

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Reflections on Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2024 Jim Powell

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“Maria Powell wasn’t just an activist. In Madison, she was the premier environmental activist.”

November 18, 2023 Jim Powell

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MEJO founder Dr. Maria C. Powell has passed away

November 14, 2023 Jim Powell

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MEJO founder Dr. Maria Powell wins Bill Iwen Environmental Justice Award

October 28, 2023 Jim Powell