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October 8, 2024

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State estimates around 40 percent of private wells contain pesticides

Wisconsin Public Radio

Trade associations for corn, soybean, potato and vegetable growers in Wisconsin were either unavailable or didn’t respond to requests for comment. Russ Groves, chair of the Department of Entomology at UW-Madison, said detections of pesticides are unfortunately a logical outcome in areas where agriculture is more intense on the landscape.

“Those are the tools that we have relied upon so that we don’t have real significant economic losses for a producer or an industry,” Groves said.

Wisconsin experienced the third warmest September on record

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At the beginning of September, parts of the state were experiencing highs in the mid- to upper-80s, which are between five and 15 degrees higher than normal. Near Boscobel Airport on Sept. 15, the temperature rose to 92 degrees.

“It was a very weird September,” Steve Vavrus, director of the Center for Climate Research at UW-Madison, told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today.”  He added it was also among the 10 driest, with data going back to the 1890s.

Wisconsin’s air quality continues to improve, UW-Madison professor says

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Earlier this year, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency tightened air quality regulations across the United States.

University of Wisconsin-Madison environmental studies professor Tracey Holloway told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” that these regulations are the tightest they’ve ever been. And that means our air is the cleanest it’s ever been.

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