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Testing public water supplies for "forever chemicals,” then charging polluters to clean up contaminated sites. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Foam present in Starkweather Creek in October shows elevated levels of PFOS and PFOA. File photo courtesy of the DNR. The state would test public water supplies for so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS and require polluters to commit funds to pay for cleanup of contaminated sites under a plan released Wednesday. The Wisconsin PFAS Action Plan outlines 25 action items to address perfluoroalk...

Tests of groundwater at two former firefighter training areas at the Madison airport have revealed hazardous chemicals known as PFAS at levels thousands of times higher than recommended health standards. An environmental contractor hired by the Dane County Regional Airport found combined levels of two chemicals — PFOA and PFOS — at more than 68,000 parts per trillion in water collected from a site near Darwin Road, according to a report submitted last week to the Department of Natural Resources. Samples taken from a site near Pearson Street found levels in excess of 20,000 ppt. The ...