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AdvocacyDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWisconsin Supreme Court to hear case with broad implications for PFAS cleanup
-The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case that could have sweeping effects on state environmental regulators’ authority to force businesses to clean up PFAS pollution under the state’s spills law.
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AgricultureCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsU.S. Movement to Limit CAFO Pollution Emboldened by Michigan Court Ruling
-State Supreme Court strengthens authority to prevent mammoth tide of manure from contaminating water.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterLake ErieLake Erie-EPALatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioThe CheckupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsToxic blooms on Lake Erie still a problem 10 years after Toledo issued a ‘do not drink’ order
-It’s been ten years since Toledo issued a ‘don not drink’ order for its water system for three days due to cyanobacterial blooms near its water intake in Lake Erie. The blooms are not any worse, but they are not any less.
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Former state toxicologist says nitrate drinking water standards are too lax
-A former Wisconsin state toxicologist who was involved in creating nitrate standards for drinking water alleges the science that has informed those standards for decades is flawed.
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AuthorsDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDetroit legislator takes the long view on Michigan’s water affordability struggles
-“There are people counting on us to get this done,” says Senator Stephanie Chang in a Great Lakes Now interview.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageFlintLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan Bottlers Still Get Free Water, Despite Governor’s Tough Talk
-Tough talk followed a public outcry six years ago, but the push for policy reforms and monetary compensation has petered out.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureInfrastructureInterviewLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”
-William Hart, director of a documentary about the Flint water crisis called “Lead and Copper,” joined Great Lakes Now’s Anna Sysling for a discussion about the film.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS experts gather to address growing chemical crisis
-In light of the ongoing PFAS crisis, stricter groundwater regulations were part of a Michigan statewide effort to protect resident’s health and improve water quality. This legal dilemma took center stage during EGLE’s fourth annual Great Lakes PFAS Summit.
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Michigan toddlers to receive universal lead testing under new legislation
-Detroit kids test positive for lead at triple the state’s rate, but few get tested. A new universal testing law means more exposed kids may get help.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Impact of PFAS on farming, proposed cuts to the EPA
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
