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Lake Effect

Lake Effect

By: WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
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Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.

WUWM Social Sciences
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  • Friday 12/5/25: PFAS and drinking water, road salt and waterways, Christmas trees and moneymaking

    Friday 12/5/25: PFAS and drinking water, road salt and waterways, Christmas trees and moneymaking
    Dec 5 2025

    One Wisconsin town has been drinking bottled water for years because of PFAS. The environmental impact of road salt has on our local waterways. The changing market of Christmas trees, and how sellers are adapting.
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    51 mins
  • Thursday 12/4/25: PFAS lawsuit and impact, refugees in Milwaukee, maternal mental health

    Thursday 12/4/25: PFAS lawsuit and impact, refugees in Milwaukee, maternal mental health
    Dec 4 2025

    A lawsuit over PFAS contaminating the water supply of Wisconsin communities, and why PFAS has kept one Wisconsin town drinking bottled water for years. The story of two brothers from Afghanistan now living in Milwaukee, and how the near-constant changes in immigration policy could affect people like them.
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    51 mins
  • Wednesday 12/3/25: Status Pending, land transfer, astronomy in children's books

    Wednesday 12/3/25: Status Pending, land transfer, astronomy in children's books
    Dec 3 2025

    Two MPS teachers from Nigeria speak on how work visas changes could impact their lives. Why a Wisconsin group of Catholic sisters transferred land to a Native American tribe. UWM's planetarium explores astronomical themes in children’s books.
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    51 mins
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