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Here’s a brief explanation of the PFAS chemicals.
Superfund Sites: New Detroit River site added for threats of PCB, metal, cyanide contamination
The former McLouth Steel Corporation site in Trenton, Michigan, was added to the Superfund list in May because of its risk to the Detroit River.
Watch Now: “The Forever Chemicals” documentary panel discussion
Great Lakes Now Program Manager Sandra Svoboda, and MLive environmental reporter, Garret Ellison host a panel discussion on PFAS.
GLN Answers: How Do I Know If My Drinking Water Is Safe? and Other Audience Questions
After we aired “The…
Wolverine’s Statement
A 2010 photo of demolition at the former Wolverine Worldwide tannery in Rockford, Mich. The U.S.…
Paying for PFAS: Great Lakes states grapple with costs of clean up
For some Great Lakes governors, the emerging issue of a family of chemicals known as PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — is coming at a time when they are making arguments to raise taxes to fund other statewide needs.
Ask the Great Lakes Now Team Your PFAS Question
PFAS*: the acronym for industrial chemicals that are contaminating Michigan water and showing up in people’s blood. Have you heard of them? Do you have a question about them and how they relate to your health, safety or water supply?
PFAS in the Headlines
How this family of industrial chemicals has contaminated water supplies is a worldwide story. Great Lakes Now collected headlines from…
Great Lakes States, U.S. EPA grapple with “Forever Chemicals”
An April 6, 2018 photo of Michigan DEQ contractor AECOM sampling for PFAS foam in the…
