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Wisconsin DNR survey detects PFAS contamination in creeks, rivers
-Wisconsin environmental officials say chemicals known as PFAS have contaminated creeks in Dane and Monroe counties as well as portions of the Mississippi, Wisconsin and Menominee rivers.
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AdvocacyEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWaterfront DevelopmentPool crew leaves behind trail of blue on Lake Erie cliff
-Police say a crew coating a swimming pool near Cleveland got caught ‘blue-handed’ dumping waste over a cliff into a river.
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APClimate ChangeDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedGreat Lakes CommissionGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPFASPolicyProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWisconsin Gov. Evers issues order to curb PFAS contamination
-Under an executive order from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, the Wisconsin DNR and Departments of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection have to create a website on the chemicals known as PFAS, collaborate with municipalities and wastewater treatment plants to identify PFAS sources and consider PFAS when developing fish and wildlife consumption advisories.
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AuthorsClimate ChangeDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNatasha BlakelyNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchPFAS Update: New drinking water standards, legislation to ban PFAS firefighting foam and exposure assessments are all in development
-U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin organized a public forum on PFAS to update the community on what’s in progress to address contamination.
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AdvocacyForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWatch Now: “The Forever Chemicals” documentary panel discussion
-Great Lakes Now Program Manager Sandra Svoboda, and MLive environmental reporter, Garret Ellison host a panel discussion on PFAS.
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PFAS in the Headlines
-How this family of industrial chemicals has contaminated water supplies is a worldwide story. Great Lakes Now collected headlines from…
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Great Lakes States, U.S. EPA grapple with “Forever Chemicals”
-An April 6, 2018 photo of Michigan DEQ contractor AECOM sampling for PFAS foam in the…
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