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As PFAS Cases Persist, Wisconsin Takes Baby Steps Toward Regulating the Forever Chemicals
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4 Jan 2022 | WUWM
The Department of Health Services proposed a combined 20 ppt standard for PFOA and PFAS that would apply to the ground, surface and drinking water.
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2022 begins with little progress on PFAS contamination
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3 Jan 2022 | WUWM
As of Dec. 29, the Department of Natural Resources reported 92 contamination sites.
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DNR Finalizing Rules Limiting Some PFAS in Drinking, Surface Waters
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29 Nov 2021 | Wisconsin State Journal
The agency is separately working on rules to limit PFOA and PFOS in groundwater and another 12 fluorinated compounds in drinking water.
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As the EPA pursues PFAS standards, industry and residents are at odds over state regulation
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9 Nov 2021
Wisconsin residents affected by PFAS contamination say the Biden administration’s recently announced strategy to address harmful forever chemicals doesn’t go far enough and highlights the need for state standards.
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As the EPA pursues PFAS standards, industry and residents are at odds over state regulation
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26 Oct 2021 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin residents affected by PFAS contamination say the Biden administration’s recently announced strategy to address harmful forever chemicals doesn’t go far enough and highlights the need for state standards.
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‘This Stuff Won’t Go Away’: PFAS Chemicals Contaminate Wisconsin’s Waterways and Soil
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22 Oct 2021 | The Guardian
As municipalities and residents wrestle with the water crisis, the state’s Republican-controlled legislature has killed legislation and blocked funding meant to address the problem.
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Eau Claire Shuts Down Nearly Half of Wells Due To PFAS Contamination
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12 Oct 2021 | Associated Press
The city of Eau Claire has shut down almost half its wells due to PFAS contamination.
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‘Something Has To Be Done’: Living Along Madison’s Starkweather Creek, One Of Wisconsin’s Most Polluted Waterways
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7 Oct 2021 | Wisconsin Watch
The DNR first added Starkweather Creek to its impaired waters list in 1998 due to low levels of dissolved oxygen in the water, sediment and toxic metals.
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State Regulators Expect to Spend More Than $500K A Year On Bottled Water For French Island Residents Due to PFAS
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6 Oct 2021 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Drinking water advisory extended indefinitely due to concerns over contamination.
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Environmental Groups Worry PFAS Lawsuit Filed By Business Lobby Puts Wisconsin’s Strongest Pollution Protection Law At Risk
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17 Sep 2021 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
At the heart of the complaint is a recent change in policy to focus on PFAS and enforcing cleanup standards for the substances without going through a rulemaking process and having the standards approved by the Legislature.
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The Problem Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Marinette, and the Solutions That Could Take as Long
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13 Sep 2021 | Up North Issues
Marinette has found PFOA at levels as high as 254,000 ppt, and PFOS at levels as high as 64,000 ppt.
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It’s ‘Raining PFAS’, Even In Remote Areas of the Upper Peninsula
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9 Sep 2021 | WXPR
Notable concentrations of PFAS in rainwater were found not only at sampling sites in industrial cities like Chicago or Cleveland, but in Eagle Harbor, as well.
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In Rhinelander Visit, Baldwin Says PFAS Money in Infrastructure Bill Could Help City
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1 Sep 2021 | WXPR
The $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which the Senate has already passed, includes $10 billion for communities to tackle PFAS problems.
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‘Forever Chemicals’ From a Military Installation at Mitchell Airport Are a Risk to Nearby Drinking Wells, Lake Michigan, a Reports Says
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1 Sep 2021 | Stevens Point Journal
Despite testing that found ‘forever chemicals’ at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport two years ago, the Department of Defense has yet to move forward with a plan to address the contamination, putting nearby residents with private drinking wells at risk
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Town of Campbell to Keep Receiving Free Drinking Water Because of PFAS, Two State Agencies Say
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20 Aug 2021 | News8000
State agencies are providing more than 1,000 homes on French Island bottled water because of groundwater contamination.