Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin
Racine Journal Times. June 28, 2021.
Editorial: Use tax windfall for water testing
In early 2020, in this space, we posed a question regarding perfluorinated chemicals or PFAS, known as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down in the environment: How much of those chemicals would you like in your glass of water?
We’re confident your answer was “none at all” then, and remains the same.
People in the Town of Campbell would love to give the same answer. But many of them have no choice.
In Campbell, with a population of fewer than 5,000 on French Island across the Mississippi River from La Crosse, there was no money to conduct water testing in 2020, when contamination from the nearby La Crosse Regional Airport was disclosed, and homeowners naturally wanted to know if PFAS had reached their wells.
Elmira Star-Gazette
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Lawrence J. Williams was arrested Friday, a day after a warrant was handed down by Chemung County Court. Just before 1 p.m., police found Williams driving on the city s west side and Williams led them on a two-hour pursuit that crossed state and county lines several times and involved numerous police agencies in New York and Pennsylvania.
Williams was arrested in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, and charged with second-degree murder.
White, a 35-year-old from Elmira, is remembered as a kind person and father. Neighbor Lia Dove said White lived in an apartment on Park Place near where he was found dead.
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