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The hunt for PFAS turns to Michigan farms using human waste as fertilizer
LANSING, MI — The hunt for PFAS in Michigan is turning to farm fields, where concerns are growing about possible contamination in treated human waste used as fertilizer. This month, scientists are analyzing test results from more than a dozen state agricultural sites that received the fertilizer — known as “biosolids” — from wastewater treatment […]
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U.S. Senate panel OKs deadline for setting toxic chemical drinking water limit
A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday approved a measure that would compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set an expedited drinking water limit for a suite of toxic chemicals. The U.S. Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works unanimously approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would force the EPA […]
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Researchers seek PFAS solutions as they try to break down the ‘forever chemical’
It’s a daunting task: How to break down “the forever chemical?” But scientists across the country are researching, with urgency, ways to bust apart or capture per- and polyflouroalkyl substances, or PFAS. State officials suspect the potentially harmful compound could be contaminating more than 11,000 sites in Michigan, and hundreds more across the country. Among the efforts: At […]
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Michigan leads nation in PFAS. It will lead cleanups, too, U.S. reps say
MACKINAC ISLAND – A report this month found Michigan leads the nation in sites contaminated with toxic chemicals known as PFAS, and the state’s bipartisan delegation in Congress has introduced a flurry of legislation to increase testing. Among the federal bills: one to provide the U.S. Geological Survey with $45 million to develop new standards […]
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Health summit to discuss impact of Flint water crisis on oral health
GENESEE COUNTY, MI- Community members can learn about the Flint water crisis’ impact on oral health in adults and children at the 2019 Oral Health Summit for the Genesee County Area on Friday, June 14. The summit, which will take place at the Mott Community College Event Center from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., will […]
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Despite benefits, fluoride battle goes on
Chances are that if you were a dentist in the early part of the 20th century, the majority of your work involved pulling teeth or fitting folks for dentures, with roughly half of all Americans having dentures by the age of 55. By the year 2000, about nine percent of adults age 45-54 had lost […]
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Huron River ‘do not eat’ advisory extended
The advisory includes Monroe and Wayne counties and Milan. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has issued an expanded ” Do Not Eat” fish advisory for all fish harvested from the Huron River in five counties in southeast Michigan, including Monroe and Wayne counties. The advisory is for people living in Livingston, Oakland, […]
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Former Michigan chief medical officer questions federal drinking water guideline
Federal drinking water guidelines for a class of harmful chemicals now under national scrutiny may not be strict enough to protect human health, according to Dr. Eden Wells, Michigan’s former chief medical officer. Eden Wells Even if enforced under law, the advisory level “may not be low enough,” Wells said Thursday at a joint hearing of […]
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Businesses discharging PFAS into Michigan’s waterways
Michigan businesses are discharging high levels of PFAS that move into the state’s waterways on a daily basis. An MLive investigation found that manufacturing sources are sending one version of the “forever chemicals” at up to 20,000 times the allowed amount into wastewater systems that discharge it into the state’s lakes, rivers and, ultimately, threatening […]
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State: Don’t eat deer in part of Oscoda due to PFAS chemical contamination
Lansing — Hunters should not eat deer taken in certain areas in Oscoda Township after toxic chemical contaminants were found in one deer, two state departments warned Friday. The “do-not-eat” advisory for deer taken within five miles of Clark’s Marsh was issued by the Michigan departments of Natural Resources and Health and Humans Services, after one of […]
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