PFAS: Spreading Out

This week, we share the first episode of Public Trust, a podcast about PFAS in Wisconsin from Midwest Environmental Advocates and Wisconsin Sea Grant. Thanks to Bonnie and Richelle for sharing! Learn more at midwest advocates.org/podcast. More Under Our Feet soon, in the meantime, learn more at UOFpod.org.

This episode we hear directly from people living with acute PFAS contamination in Peshtigo and Marinette, Wisconsin. We also hear how industrial contamination impacts the site of the Menominee Nation's origin: the mouth of the Menominee River in Marinette.   Support Under Our Feet by subscribing to our Patreon page - there's a link on our website, uofpod.org. The music in this episode is from the Blue Dot Sessions and Wade Fernandez (more at wadefernandezmusic.com). UOF is a production of Meandering Media, LLC.

In this bonus episode, originally only available for subscribers on Patreon, we hear how the scientists in the PFAS: Spreading Out episode see invisible molecules like PFAS and processes like groundwater flow.   To get early access to bonus content like this and more, you can join our Patreon community for as little as $1 a month. There's a link at our website: UOFpod.org.    The music in this episode is by the Blue Dot Sessions. Under Our Feet is a production of Meandering Media, LLC.

Episode three of our series about PFAS forever chemicals. In this installment, Chris Zahasky, Maureen Muldoon, and Christy Remucal guide us through the hidden groundwater systems that let PFAS spread through the environment and into our drinking water.    More information, and a link to support the show on Patreon, at UOFpod.org. Music by the Blue Dot Sessions. Under Our Feet is a production of Meandering Media.

We learn how PFAS forever chemicals escape from the places they're supposed to be, and start their journey to places they're not. We'll explore landfill history and design, and the story of open-ground training and testing with aqueous film-forming foams in Peshtigo, Wisconsin.   Find more on our website: uofpod.org, and support the show on Patreon (patreon.com/rudymolinek). Music for the show is by the Blue Dot Sessions (session.blue).

This is a re-release of the first episode of Season 2! New full episodes start October 19th!   The debut of Season 2 on PFAS "forever" chemicals and groundwater! This episode explores the history of PFAS development, their basic chemistry, and what they do once they get in our bodies - they're found in 98% of Americans blood!    Learn more on our website: www.uofpod.org. Music in this episode is by the Blue Dot Sessions (https://sessions.blue/). Under Our Feet is a production of Meandering Media.

The debut of Season 2 on PFAS "forever" chemicals and groundwater! This episode explores the history of PFAS development, their basic chemistry, and what they do once they get in our bodies - they're found in 98% of Americans blood!    Learn more on our website: www.uofpod.org. Music in this episode is by the Blue Dot Sessions (https://sessions.blue/). Under Our Feet is a production of Meandering Media.

Get ready for Season 2 of Under Our Feet! Perhaps the way we are most intimately connected to the Earth system is through the water we drink. Turning on the tap is something many of us can take for granted, but groundwater's interaction with the environment has the potential to expose us to things we don't want to drink. This season we go deep into the story of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals", exploring how the water that comes out of our faucets connects us to the rocks beneath our feet, and how it's much more than just H2O. Music for this episode from the Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

In this episode, Jeff Grignon takes us through stories from the Menominee Nation, showing how the rocks and geology we've learned about all season fit into the traditions of a group that has been living on Wisconsin's landscape since the beginning.    For more from Jeff, check out this podcast from Edge Effects, and this essay cowritten with Robin Wall Kimmerer. https://edgeeffects.net/jeff-grignon/ https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7208/9780226444970-010/pdf   Music in this episode is the song Arizona Moon, by the Blue Dot Sessions.

Under Our Feet is supported by listeners on Patreon (Patreon.com/RudyMolinek). With subscriptions of $15 a month or more, supporters get to choose a geology topic of their choice for a mini-episode! First up, Georgia Ringle's request for an episode on the geology of kitchen countertops. Featuring Nick Roberts, a structural geologist at Hamilton College.   Music is the song Arizona Moon, by the Blue Dot Sessions.