Tag: PFOS
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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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‘What did we do?’ Families anxious about chemicals found in tap water
Photo: Emergency response teams hand out bottled water to residents at Parchment High School. (CNN)It’s been about three weeks since Tammy Cooper last drank water from her tap. That’s when she saw a warning on Facebook for residents of her small Western Michigan town to stop drinking the water. In Michigan, water main breaks aren’t…
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‘Astronomical’ PFAS level sets new Michigan contamination milestone
Photo: PFAS foam accumulates downstream from the Geddes Dam in Ann Arbor Township on Sept. 20, 2018. PFAS foam has been found downstream from four Washtenaw County dams and elsewhere on the Huron River. (Jacob Hamilton) Contamination in an Oakland County creek that feeds into the Huron River and its chain of lakes is setting…
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What we know about PFAS contamination in Parchment drinking water
PARCHMENT, MI — Residents using Parchment’s municipal water supply were told on July 26 to immediately stop drinking the water after high levels of PFAS were discovered in the municipal water source. Public health experts link exposure to the chemicals with increased risk for cancer, liver damage and other serious ailments. Here’s what we know…
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Michigan Faces Another Toxic Water Crisis
Now Its Governor Wants a Chemical Company to Pay Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has asked the state attorney general to sue chemical giant 3M, suggesting that the company must pay for making toxic chemicals that wound up in the drinking water. Towns across America are coming to grips with an alarming new source of water…
