Madison water utility hears demands on PFAS-tainted well
Photo: Madison Well 15 at Reindahl Park By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal As citizen groups prepared to ask the Madison Water Utility Board on Tuesday for a more aggressive…
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Photo: Madison Well 15 at Reindahl Park By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal As citizen groups prepared to ask the Madison Water Utility Board on Tuesday for a more aggressive…
By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Detection of a toxic chemical in a northeastern Wisconsin wastewater treatment plant’s sludge has prompted a halt to application of the material on nearby…
“Giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism” dominate even in liberal Madison “I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we…
PHOTO: Former Dane County airport fire pit being excavated to build a parking lot in May 2018. The County, City, DNR and DoD were aware of the contamination for at…
Photo: Madison Well 15 By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Testing results released Monday show a slight increase in hazardous fluorinated compounds in Madison drinking water. A Madison Water Utility…
Photo: Child catches panfish at the mouth of Starkweather Creek where it flows into Lake Monona, July 2018 Our October 2018 article raised questions about exposures to toxic PFAS (per-…
The following appeared in the December 9, 2018 print edition of the Wisconsin State Journal By Steven Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Toxic chemicals linked to an array of life-threatening illnesses…
The most recent article by Sharon Lerner, in her Intercept series “The Teflon Toxin,” shares new research on health effects of PFAS on men’s reproductive health. Read more below… PFOA…
Fish caught by children at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in June 2018 (they did not eat the fish). A MEJO post last May linked to an Air National Guard…
By Laura Olah, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger The WI Department of Natural Resources has announced that it is has established an internal workgroup to help determine the scope…
By Laura Olah, Executive Director of Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger. The Madison Water Utility has reported that Truax Field’s Wisconsin Air National Guard base is a possible source…
Last week the Wisconsin DNR released documents pertaining to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs)—also commonly called poly- or per-fluoroalkyl substances or PFAS—at Truax Field’s Wisconsin Air National Guard (WANG) base. One of…