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PFAS News Roundup: Wurtsmith PFAS remediation funds going to research not cleanup, Wisconsin DNR continues testing
-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 FeaturedIllinoisIndianaLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaPFASProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinPFAS Around the Great Lakes Region: Actions taken in each state or province and standards set, if any
-The eight Great Lakes states and Canada are approaching PFAS contamination in their own ways and setting their own standards.
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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationMichiganNewsPFASTraverse CityWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan oversight panel OKs limits on ‘forever chemicals’
-The state legislature established the panel in 2018 at the urging of Republicans who described it as a check on excessively burdensome regulation.
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DetroitDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRic MixterWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Plasma-blasting PFAS, Wisconsin utilities decline to test, $1M Democrat ad buy
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWolverine Worldwide will pay $113M over PFAS-polluted drinking water
-Wolverine still faces lawsuits from area residents, though the company said it believes its actions approved under the settlement “will have a significant and beneficial impact” on the resolution of those cases.
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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeDocumentary Update: What’s new with one of the families featured in “The Forever Chemicals”
-Seth and Tobyn McNaughton recently reached a settlement with Wolverine Worldwide and 3M.
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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationMichiganNewsPFASWater Quality and Restoration EffortsJudge OKs Wolverine Worldwide settlement over western Michigan PFAS contamination
-A federal judge on Wednesday approved Wolverine Worldwide’s settlement with the state of Michigan and Plainfield and Algoma townships.
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Showtime: Join Great Lakes Now at the Thunder Bay International Film Festival
-“The Forever Chemicals,” “Sinkhole Science” and “Wrecks Within Reach” were chosen for the Alpena event.
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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectPFAS News Roundup: Public input in Michigan, bans on firefighting foam, legislation won’t pass Senate
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS – a group of man-made chemicals flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country – in the Great Lakes region and on a national level in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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The U.S. House just voted to regulate PFAS. Here’s what you need to know
-PBS NewsHour laid out what you need to know about PFAS, what the bill means, what the next step is and what existing resistance there is to this bill and why.
