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Michigan toddlers to receive universal lead testing under new legislation
-Detroit kids test positive for lead at triple the state’s rate, but few get tested. A new universal testing law means more exposed kids may get help.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASWater Quality and Restoration EffortsState of Michigan sues Gerald R. Ford Airport Authority for PFAS pollution
-The Michigan Attorney General’s office sued the Grand Rapids airport authority on behalf of EGLE over a dispute on responsibility for PFAS contamination.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Impact of PFAS on farming, proposed cuts to the EPA
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGovernment watchdog: EPA slow to raise alarm in Benton Harbor water crisis
-Government auditors say EPA officials failed to follow a new “elevation policy” that’s meant to generate a stronger response to the most urgent environmental and public health threats.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoCollaborationDrinking WaterIllinoisInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsChicago Suburbs, Running Out of Water, Will Tap Lake Michigan
-America’s groundwater is now running dry where water is abundant.
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AgricultureCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationGroundwater ContaminationIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsMinnesota Tribe Sets Enforceable Rules To Safeguard Wild Rice and Water Supply
-Ineffective voluntary pollution prevention practices are set aside for mandatory regulation.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIndianaKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
PFAS News Roundup: PFAS likely present in all major water supplies, Court rules against restrictions on PFAS in Michigan
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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CollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchTraverse City‘Solar grazing’ is a way for farmers and solar companies to use land. But there are challenges
-Some solar companies and farmers are trying to work together to use land in ways that will benefit everyone involved.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPentagon to address PFAS at Wurtsmith base near Oscoda
-Military officials announced they will install groundwater treatment systems around the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base to clean up chemical compounds linked to serious health issues.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationLake ErieLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsToxins from cyanobacterial blooms can be airborne, but the threat to public health is unclear
-Researchers are studying how much of cyanobacterial toxins become airborne. They say breathing in the toxins is much worse than ingesting them.
