Shut Down Well 15 Madison Wisconsin
Shut Down Well 15 Madison Wisconsin
The Issue
We receive some of our water from the City of Madison's Well 15. Today I found out that there are potentially toxic chemicals in this water. According to the following article, "Infants and children are most susceptible to health hazards linked to PFAS, but the synthetic chemicals are also associated with testicular cancer, and diseases of the liver, kidneys, glands and immune system in adults."
My request is simple. Shut down Well 15 until the City of Madison and the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard can clean up their contamination and assure us that this well water is safe to drink.
If you agree with this please read on to learn more, sign and share this petition.
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Toxic chemicals linked to an array of life-threatening illnesses are contaminating Wisconsin’s drinking water and fish, but the government has been slow to enact regulations to hasten cleanups.
The chemicals — fluorinated compounds referred to by the acronym PFAS (pronounced “Pea-fass”) — spread through air and water. Once ingested, they can take years to leave the body.
Across the country, PFAS compounds have been released from military installations that used heat-resistant firefighting foam, and from businesses that applied impermeable, nonstick coatings to items such as frying pans, microwave popcorn bags, pizza boxes, carpeting and fabric.
Heavy concentrations have been found in groundwater near at least a half-dozen Wisconsin locations, including the state Air National Guard base on Madison’s North Side.
Lower PFAS levels have been detected a mile away in drinking water pumped by a municipal well on East Washington Avenue. Concentrations in Well 15 water have tested below federal health advisory levels.
However, more is being learned about health effects, and government agencies disagree on whether the advisory is adequate. It doesn’t take into account a major federal study President Donald Trump’s administration tried to suppress last summer, and it only addresses two of the more than 3,000 PFAS compounds that have been created. Five of the compounds were detected at Well 15.
Check to see where your well water comes from here.
More about Perfluorinated Compounds from the City of Madison
The Issue
We receive some of our water from the City of Madison's Well 15. Today I found out that there are potentially toxic chemicals in this water. According to the following article, "Infants and children are most susceptible to health hazards linked to PFAS, but the synthetic chemicals are also associated with testicular cancer, and diseases of the liver, kidneys, glands and immune system in adults."
My request is simple. Shut down Well 15 until the City of Madison and the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard can clean up their contamination and assure us that this well water is safe to drink.
If you agree with this please read on to learn more, sign and share this petition.
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Toxic chemicals linked to an array of life-threatening illnesses are contaminating Wisconsin’s drinking water and fish, but the government has been slow to enact regulations to hasten cleanups.
The chemicals — fluorinated compounds referred to by the acronym PFAS (pronounced “Pea-fass”) — spread through air and water. Once ingested, they can take years to leave the body.
Across the country, PFAS compounds have been released from military installations that used heat-resistant firefighting foam, and from businesses that applied impermeable, nonstick coatings to items such as frying pans, microwave popcorn bags, pizza boxes, carpeting and fabric.
Heavy concentrations have been found in groundwater near at least a half-dozen Wisconsin locations, including the state Air National Guard base on Madison’s North Side.
Lower PFAS levels have been detected a mile away in drinking water pumped by a municipal well on East Washington Avenue. Concentrations in Well 15 water have tested below federal health advisory levels.
However, more is being learned about health effects, and government agencies disagree on whether the advisory is adequate. It doesn’t take into account a major federal study President Donald Trump’s administration tried to suppress last summer, and it only addresses two of the more than 3,000 PFAS compounds that have been created. Five of the compounds were detected at Well 15.
Check to see where your well water comes from here.
More about Perfluorinated Compounds from the City of Madison
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Petition created on December 13, 2018