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Category: Forever Chemicals Featured

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Forever Chemicals Featured, Latest News, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

‘The middle of a massive contamination’: Residents of Wisconsin region struggle with aftereffects of dangerous ‘forever chemicals’

by Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 4, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Forever Chemicals Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Policy, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: Michigan governor invokes defense bill, high levels in Minnesota landfills, business lobby sues Wisconsin DNR

by Natasha Blakely April 6, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Policy, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: Indiana introduces PFAS bills, Michigan citizens unhappy about 8-month disclosure delay

by Natasha Blakely March 12, 2021
Posted inDrinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Minnesota, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality

HotSpots H2O: Minnesota Rolls Out Plan for PFAS Contamination

by Circle of Blue February 25, 2021
Posted inDrinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Industry, Latest News, News, PFAS, Water Quality

PFAS in the House: Are toxic “forever chemicals” a steady drip in this reporter’s home?

by Tom Perkins February 23, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

PFAS is in fish and wildlife. Researchers prowl Michigan for clues.

by Bridge Michigan February 18, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Forever Chemicals Featured, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, PFAS, Policy, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: Minnesota sets new PFAS blueprint, Biden EPA dumps PFAS assessment over ‘political interference’

by Natasha Blakely February 12, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Drinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Illinois, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Politics, Region, Traverse City, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: PFAS found in Indigenous household wells, Wisconsin experimental treatment fails, WDNR fish concerns

by Natasha Blakely February 1, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Fish, Birds and Animals, Food, Forever Chemicals Featured, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Ohio, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: PFAS in Lake Superior smelt, McDonalds drops PFAS packaging, White House weakened EPA guidelines

by Natasha Blakely January 19, 2021
Posted inDrinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, PFAS, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Nonstick pans often don’t note they use PFAS

by Michigan Public December 29, 2020November 9, 2025

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