This week’s can’t-miss journalism about Michigan’s natural resources.
Michigan PFAS chemical threats
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Opinion | We must determine if Michigan PFAS health risks actually exist
Don’t freak out about the newest alleged threat to our health until the experts check it out, says a water treatment facility official
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Map | Here are confirmed PFAS threats to Michigan water
Residents in a pair of Kalamazoo County townships have been told not to drink their water. They join a growing list of communities where chemical used in Air Force bases, clothing and household items is threatening waterways in Michigan.
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Michigan to sue 3M as toxic PFAS chemicals taint waters
Gov. Rick Snyder has asked Attorney General Bill Schuette to sue 3M, accusing the chemical giant of continuing to sell toxic products despite knowing dangers.
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Environmentalists outraged Michigan warning about PFAS went unheeded
A state bureaucrat first raised concerns about the toxic chemicals in 2012. They’re now a full-blown crisis. Did the state move too slow?
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Michigan enlists ‘Shop-Vac on steroids’ to fight toxic PFAS foam
Michigan environmental regulators have hatched a novel plan to get vacuum of toxic foam bubbling up in Oscoda and other PFAS-tainted communities. Will it work? Nobody’s sure.
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Map | Find PFAS threats to drinking water in Michigan
A chemical used in Air Force bases, clothing and household items is threatening waterways in Michigan. Use this map to find out where.
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How the EPA and the Pentagon downplayed a growing toxic PFAS threat
A family of chemicals — known as PFAS and responsible for marvels like Teflon and critical to the safety of American military bases — has now emerged as a far greater menace than previously disclosed.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Here’s where Michigan governor candidates stand on funding toxic cleanups
Bridge Magazine asked eight candidates — four Republicans and four Democrats — about how to pay to clean 7,300 toxic sites across Michigan
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Michigan has 7,300 toxic sites. Money for cleanups is almost gone.
Funding shortage threatens to halt toxic cleanups in Michigan, including a 6-mile long plume of pollution that’s tainted 13 trillions of groundwater beneath Antrim County. (with map)