Tag: PCBs

Environmental Justice Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination stormwater runoff Toxic Chemicals Toxins Water Pollution

City of Madison not requiring Kipp to measure PCBs in raingarden?

October 1, 2016 Jim Powell

This pictogram was used in this post; the splash pad has since been completed Since August we have tried to get the following information from the City of Madison on…

Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination stormwater runoff Toxins Water Pollution

City to Lease Rain Garden to Polluter

November 22, 2014 Jim Powell

(High resolution version of above graphic here) SUMMARY: The City of Madison wishes to extend a lease with Madison-Kipp Corp. through 2023 that will allow Kipp to control the rain…

Madison-Kipp Corp. stormwater runoff Wisconsin DNR

Where does the raingarden pipe originate? (Kipp Question # 3896? We’ve lost count…)

September 11, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

At long last, one MEJO question (unlike most we have asked, which remain unanswered) has been answered!! Storm water runoff entering the pipe that empties into the raingarden originates at…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Wisconsin DNR

According to DNR’s strange math, Kipp’s PCE plume has reached or passed Well 8, but has not made it to Lake Monona…What?

September 4, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Recent updates from DNR and PHMDC (see most recent one here) on the ongoing Kipp pollution nightmare are full of careless errors, misleading statements, and critical omissions. Citizens deserve better…

Goodman Community Center

PHMDC Assures Public Goodman Splash Pad is Perfectly Safe Using Incorrect Numbers

August 30, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(After this story was posted, PHMDC corrected their numbers in the document linked to below) On August 26 the Wisconsin DNR released a public update including an “Evaluation of the…

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-Kipp Corp. Toxins

MEJO Investigates 1

September 25, 2012 Jim Powell

MEJO is reviewing more than a thousand pages of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources documents on Madison Kipp Corp and the adjacent Goodman Community Center (which is built on a…

Fish Advisory Toxins

MEJO in the News

September 13, 2012 Jim Powell

MEJO in “Environmental Health News” Pollution, Poverty, People of Color: Warnings about contaminated fish fail to reach people most at risk By Rae Tyson Environmental Health News September 13, 2012…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins

“Invisible People, Invisible Risks”

October 11, 2011 Jim Powell

In the new MIT Press book, Technoscience and Environmental Justice: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement, the Midwest Environmental Justice Organization (MEJO) chronicles its Madison effort to raise local awareness…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins

Fish Advisory Signs Victory!

November 18, 2008 Jim Powell

In recognition of the human health concerns of eating locally caught fish, the City of Madison and Dane County has authorized the Public Health Department to place fish consumption advisory…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution

Fish advisory signs installed to highlight need for official action Environmental justice activists and anglers place signs around Monona Bay

September 20, 2008 Jim Powell

(MADISON, Wis.)—Sixty people gathered at Brittingham Park on Thurs., Sept. 20 to make and install fish consumption advisory signs to help shoreline anglers learn about the toxins in fish caught…

Fish Advisory Water Pollution

The State of Shoreline Fishing in Dane County

July 21, 2008 Jim Powell

New MEJO report The State of Shoreline Fishing in Dane County A report on fishing, fish consumption and public health advisories July 2008 MEJO State of Shoreline Fishing in Dane…

Fish Advisory Toxins Water Pollution

Fishing & Environmental Justice

June 21, 2008 Jim Powell

The Midwest Environmental Justice Organization (MEJO) has a mission to educate the community about environmental justice issues, work to address them, and support environmental justice for the benefit of the…

Fish Advisory Water Pollution

Survey: Shoreline Anglers Eat A Lot of Fish

June 1, 2008 Jim Powell

MEJO has interviewed 129 people and held 12 focus group meetings with 150 participants over the past two years. The meetings were held at neighborhood centers, agency facilities and public…

Fish Advisory Toxins

“Environmental justice, fishing and the problem with our lakes”

April 27, 2008 Jim Powell

A Public Forum by the Madison Environmental Justice Organization Monday, May 5 7:00 – 8:30 pm Madison Central Library 201 W. Mifflin St. (1 block from Capitol Square) Fishing is…