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CollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMidwest Center for Investigative ReportingNewsPFASWisconsin‘The middle of a massive contamination’: Residents of Wisconsin region struggle with aftereffects of dangerous ‘forever chemicals’
-Four years after a facility disclosed water contamination in the surrounding community, residents and locals deal with the impact of PFAS.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChemical Impact: Microplastic pollution more complex than we think, says new research
-Microplastics act like a chemical sponge, soaking up contaminants such as persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals. Those chemicals, in turn, appear to be causing deformities in larval fish.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterEarth WeekIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNew YorkNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice17 Young People on the Moment the Climate Crisis Became Real to Them
-Teen Vogue heard from more than 80 young people about how they imagine the climate crisis might define their future. Here’s what they said.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupIllinoisIndianaInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: What does the American Jobs Plan mean for various Great Lakes states?
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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BuffaloChicagoCollaborationCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeQuebecThe ProvincesThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWater Access: As moratoria on shutoffs end, old problems return to the forefront
-As moratoria expire across the Great Lakes region, advocates say ongoing affordability and debt relief are key.
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APChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThe problem within: Biden targets lead pipes, pushes equity
-Biden’s plan to replace every lead water pipe in the country could have huge ramifications for Chicago and others where a swath of Black, Latino and low-income residents have been left effectively drinking from a lead straw.
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ChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsSpotlight on Infrastructure: Policy executive talks new Biden plan, definitions of infrastructure
-A Chicago policy executive talked to Great Lakes Now about the Biden infrastructure plan and what a full partnership with the federal government could mean.
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AgricultureCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWisconsin Supreme Court weighs state power to protect water from farm pollutants
-The outcome of a nearly decade-long dispute in Kewaunee County could shape regulatory power across state government.
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CollaborationCOVID-19Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsPFASFederal Agencies Plan to Investigate Links between PFAS Exposure and Viral Illness
-Two federal health agencies are planning to investigate potential links between exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals and susceptibility to viral illnesses like COVID-19.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupFeature HomepageIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuebecWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Ontario Indigenous lawsuit over water dispute, 50,000 sign up for Flint settlement, Ohio infrastructure loans
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
