The Environmental Protection Agency advises against drinking water that contains more than 70 parts per trillion of PFAS, a family of hazardous chemicals that are sometimes called forever chemicals. Yesterday, the City of Madison announced new test results at the Dane County Airport finding PFAS contamination at levels thousands of times in excess of that […]
Rebroadcast: Wildfires and Disaster Response
Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from January 7, 2019. As wildfire season approaches again, we return to this conversation with guest Dave Lowe, who works for the US Forest Service and is one of two fireline archaeologists in the state of Wisconsin. Over the course of the hour, he and Patty discuss the particular hazards […]
