PFAS in the Headlines

Explore the map of recent news stories about this family of industrial chemicals that is drawing increasing concern.

PFAS in the Headlines
March 20, 2019 Sandra Svoboda

How this family of industrial chemicals has contaminated water supplies is a worldwide story.

Great Lakes Now collected headlines from dozens of newspapers, television stations and public radio outlets to help you explore the story of PFAS chemicals in other communities.

Zoom in on the map to see coverage from a particular community. You can learn how governmental agencies and politicians are responding, what research is being done, and how people’s lives are affected under each pointer on the map.

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More PFAS Coverage

EPA Outlines New PFAS Strategy Amid Expert Concerns
- by Donté Smith

More PFAS news as a bipartisan PFAS task force forms and Illinois expands PFAS water system warnings.

EPA nixes PFAS grants, teases new strategy

More PFAS news as a chemical disaster tracking tool goes dark and updated fish advisories are announced in Michigan and Minnesota.

Cancer-causing PFAS to be added to Canada’s toxic substance list

More PFAS news with Illinois looking to pass more legislation protecting firefighters from astronomical cancer rates, and conflict continues in Wisconsin over cleanup.

Veteran Great Lakes advocate cautions on prioritizing economic development over protecting the environment
- by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now

Michigan advocate Laura Rubin reacts to the EPA’s five “pillars” plan that includes making the United States the “Artificial Intelligence Capital of the World.”

New York’s proposed PFAS legislation and other Great Lakes states latest efforts to combat ‘forever chemicals’
- by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now

More PFAS news with an update on Wisconsin’s frozen funding, and how federal freezes are impacting pollution grants.

Wisconsin is still sitting on $125 million for PFAS cleanup
- by Wisconsin Watch

Gov. Tony Evers is proposing more funding to clean up the persistent chemicals, while offering farmers more protections.

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