In this podcast series produced by MEA and Wisconsin Sea Grant, host Richelle Wilson explores Wisconsin’s response to PFAS contamination. She visits communities impacted by these toxic "forever chemicals" to understand how they've been affected and what they're doing to secure their rights to clean water.
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In this podcast series produced by MEA and Wisconsin Sea Grant, host Richelle Wilson explores Wisconsin’s response to PFAS contamination. She visits communities impacted by these toxic "forever chemicals" to understand how they've been affected and what they're doing to secure their rights to clean water.
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May 9, 2024
Bonus Episode: Spreading out
<p>Today, we're featuring an episode of Under our Feet, a podcast that dives deep into the Earth and deep into time to explore the ways geologic events have shaped our experience of the world. Season two of Under our Feet focuses on PFAS and groundwater in Wisconsin. </p><p>In this episode, Dr. Chris Zahasky, Dr. Maureen Muldoon, and Dr. Christy Remucal guide us through the hidden groundwater systems that let PFAS spread through the environment and into our drinking water.</p><p>More information, and a link to support the show on Patreon, at <a href="https://UOFpod.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UOFpod.org</a>. Music by the Blue Dot Sessions. Under Our Feet is a production of Meandering Media.</p>
December 19, 2023
Episode 4: David and Goliath
<p>For the final episode of Public Trust, we head to the communities of Peshtigo and Marinette in northeast Wisconsin, where we meet local residents who have been engaged in a yearslong battle with a multinational company that polluted their drinking water with PFAS. We learn how community members have come together to fight for clean water and why they are committed for the long haul. </p><p><a href="https://midwestadvocates.org/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Transcript available here.</a></p><p>Learn more:</p><p><a href="https://midwestadvocates.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Midwest Environmental Advocates</a></p><p><a href="https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wisconsin Sea Grant</a></p>
November 15, 2023
Episode 3: Testing the Waters
<p>How has PFAS contamination impacted Tribal members? Have PFAS chemicals been found in maple sap, wild rice, fish and other harvestable goods that are important to the Anishinaabe way of life? These are some of the questions the <a href="https://glifwc.org/About/vitf.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Voigt Intertribal Task Force</a> asked Gavin Dehnert, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s emerging contaminants scientist, after PFAS were found in wolves. In this episode, we take a look at the beginnings of a tribally-driven research project testing the waters of the <a href="https://data.glifwc.org/ceded/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ceded territories</a> of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan for PFAS.</p>
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