Tag: Water Pollution

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MEJO founder Dr. Maria C. Powell has passed away

November 14, 2023 Jim Powell

It is with great sadness that we announce that our founder, Maria Powell, has passed away. She will be missed greatly. OBITUARY | MARIA POWELL, 59 Maria Powell, longtime activist…

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PFAS Task Force RIP

December 21, 2019 Jim Powell

As we’ve experienced for twenty years in Madison, local government prefers to keep the public out of actions it takes–or does not take–regarding locally-occurring toxic pollution problems. The proposed Madison-Dane…

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PFAS levels in creek are more than “concerning”

December 21, 2019 Jim Powell

The PFOS amount in foam found in Starkweather Creek was 92,000 parts per trillion, far exceeding the laughable EPA advisory threshold level of 70 ppt. The mayor should be more…

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Northside News: Northside advocates address PFAS well and waterways dangers

November 29, 2019 Jim Powell

The December/January issue of the Northside News has a front page article on MEJO’s work… Northside advocates address PFAS well and waterways dangers By Cora Wiese Moore Northside News Growing…

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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…

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What is Kipp doing to protect its workers from vapor intrusion? They won’t say.

September 29, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Workers in Madison-Kipp factory. … Kipp says they stopped using the highly toxic solvent tetrachloroethylene, also called perchloroethylene or PCE—the toxic chemical that was the main focus of the…

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Wisconsin DNR not following its own rules

June 4, 2016 Jim Powell

This really isn’t a surprise but it’s still very disturbing. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL JUNE 3, 2016 WATER ENFORCEMENT | DNR DISREGARDING OWN RULES State audit finds DNR ignoring own rules…

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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…

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Kipp Offers Water Utility Some Advice: Run Olbrich Well 24/7!

March 8, 2014 Jim Powell

In a February 26, 2014 email Madison-Kipp Corporation advised the Madison Water Utility to pump the Olbrich Well (Well 8) full-time, after the Water Utility Board asked for assurance from…

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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…

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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…

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A better approach?

June 11, 2012 Jim Powell

GONE FISHING! Instead of continuing to beg our environmental & public health agencies to monitor toxins in water and fish, which we’ve learned is a futile endeavor, we’ve decided to…

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“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…

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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…