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Forever Chemicals FeaturedIndianaLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS News Roundup: Indiana research universities study PFAS, EPA designates “forever chemicals” as hazardous
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Forever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
PFAS News Roundup: Eliminating “forever chemicals,” reporting obligations broadening
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHow to destroy a ‘forever chemical’ – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn’t going away soon
-The latest breakthrough shows how one class of PFAS can be broken down into mostly harmless components using sodium hydroxide, or lye, an inexpensive compound used in soap. It isn’t an immediate solution to this vast problem, but it offers new insight.
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PFAS News Roundup: “Forever Chemicals” waste going unreported, PFAS in rainwater
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Michigan PFAS activists urge bolder action at fed hearing in East Lansing
-Activists want federal military and environmental regulators to better regulate cancer-causing PFAS chemicals, including at military sites such as Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda.
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Drinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAnger, uncertainty and a race for answers in Huron River chromium spill
-While state regulators await test results to determine how far the hexavalent chromium-tainted water has spread, Huron River advocates are calling for stiff penalties against a company with a history of polluting the river.
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PFAS News Roundup: “Forever chemicals” in drinking water, common PFAS questions answered
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEPA Warns of Health Problems When PFAS Levels in Drinking Water Are Inconceivably Tiny
-Michigan regulators say they need more evidence about safety, engineering and fire and explosion risks before deciding whether to let Enbridge Energy move its Line 5 petroleum pipeline into a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
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AdvocacyDrinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMI environmental group calls EPA’s PFAS advisory a “wake-up call” for industries
-The U.S. EPA issued health advisories for PFAS that essentially suggest there is no safe level of PFAS in drinking water.
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PFAS News Roundup: EPA sets new standards, orders firefighting foam makers to test products
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
