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Michigan oversight panel OKs limits on ‘forever chemicals’
-The state legislature established the panel in 2018 at the urging of Republicans who described it as a check on excessively burdensome regulation.
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PFAS News Roundup: Plasma-blasting PFAS, Wisconsin utilities decline to test, $1M Democrat ad buy
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Wolverine Worldwide will pay $113M over PFAS-polluted drinking water
-Wolverine still faces lawsuits from area residents, though the company said it believes its actions approved under the settlement “will have a significant and beneficial impact” on the resolution of those cases.
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Documentary Update: What’s new with one of the families featured in “The Forever Chemicals”
-Seth and Tobyn McNaughton recently reached a settlement with Wolverine Worldwide and 3M.
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Judge OKs Wolverine Worldwide settlement over western Michigan PFAS contamination
-A federal judge on Wednesday approved Wolverine Worldwide’s settlement with the state of Michigan and Plainfield and Algoma townships.
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PFAS News Roundup: Public input in Michigan, bans on firefighting foam, legislation won’t pass Senate
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS – a group of man-made chemicals flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country – in the Great Lakes region and on a national level in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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The U.S. House just voted to regulate PFAS. Here’s what you need to know
-PBS NewsHour laid out what you need to know about PFAS, what the bill means, what the next step is and what existing resistance there is to this bill and why.
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EPA: Lead, uranium found after Detroit River aggregate spill
-The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said in a statement Thursday that the EPA’s testing of soil and water at the Detroit Bulk Storage detected “many heavy metals including uranium.”
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Mounting Pressure: Groups call on Michigan governor to lead on key Great Lakes issues
-What will Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2020 look like, with her new role as the chair of the Great Lakes Compact’s council, in addition to handling bottled water legislation and Line 5 lawsuits?