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PFAS News Roundup: “Forever chemicals” concern on the rise, how to reduce exposure

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now September 20, 2022

Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

Culture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Lake St. Clair, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism

I Speak for the Fish: A Fish’s Shelf Life

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now September 19, 2022November 9, 2025

A private tour of the Royal Ontario Museum’s fish collection with its 1.5 million specimens, representing 7,500 species preserved in 110,000 jars.

Commercial Fishing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Great Lakes feature Midwest curiosity: Fish-cleaning houses

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now September 16, 2022

Dirty, sporadic work and good money.

Climate, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

America’s summer of floods: What cities can learn from today’s climate crises to prepare for tomorrow’s

by The Conversation September 16, 2022November 9, 2025

The recent floods provide case studies that can help cities everywhere manage the increasing risk.

Agriculture, Algae Blooms, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indiana, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded

by Circle of Blue September 15, 2022November 9, 2025

Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.

Algae Blooms, Featured, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Testing the waters: How groups monitor toxic algae in the absence of state testing

by Wisconsin Watch September 15, 2022November 9, 2025

Toxic algae can sicken people and animals. Few states have routine testing programs to check, so some volunteer groups are stepping in to fill that gap.

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Great Lakes News Collaborative nets US Water Prize

by GLN Editor September 14, 2022November 9, 2025

Great Lakes Now and its partners in the Great Lake News Collaborative received a national journalism award for coverage of water issues in the Great Lakes.