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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Infrastructure, Municipalities, Natasha Blakely, New York, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: PFAS in face masks, McDonald’s and Burger King sued for PFAS in packaging

by Natasha Blakely April 29, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Events and Special Broadcasts, Great Lakes Now Events and Road/River Shows, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water's True Cost

Great Lakes News Collaborative examines Water’s True Cost

by GLN Editor April 27, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, Natasha Blakely, News, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: EPA won’t regulate rocket fuel, Illinois prison water contaminated with Legionella

by Natasha Blakely April 15, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, The Catch, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Benton Harbor’s lead pipes and the plan to replace them

by Great Lakes Now April 11, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

State praised for vow to remove sources of lead from Benton Harbor homes

by Bridge Michigan April 11, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Drinking Water News Roundup: Best tasting water in the world in Ohio, nation’s worst waterways in Indiana

by Maya Sundaresan March 29, 2022
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: Indiana PFAS property transfers, Lake Superior rainbow smelt advisory, new Ohio PFAS regulation bill

by Maya Sundaresan March 24, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Indiana, Latest News, Lead, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Indiana University study links lead exposure to juvenile delinquency

by Indiana Environmental Reporter March 16, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Illinois, Indiana, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Latest News, Minnesota, Natasha Blakely, New York, News, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Drinking Water News Roundup: Illinois Well Inspections, New York Water Funding

by Natasha Blakely March 15, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Benton Harbor residents should keep drinking bottled water, but EPA says filters work on lead

by Michigan Public March 7, 2022November 9, 2025

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