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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyUnexploded Ordnance: Lake Erie shoreline site of long-term munitions study
-Of the millions of munitions buried in the bed of Lake Erie, only a small percentage will surface. But that small percentage still holds a large risk of the munitions being live or containing explosives.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNewsPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchNonstick pans often don’t note they use PFAS
-A Michigan-based environmental group has found many nonstick pans are coated with a chemical from the PFAS family.
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APDrinking WaterLatest NewsNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyWisconsinWisconsin releases action plan to reduce PFAS chemical use
-Nearly 20 state agencies, along with the University of Wisconsin, worked on the action plan released Wednesday.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNewsPennsylvaniaPFASPublicSourceResearch, Data and TechnologyPFAS chemicals are ubiquitous. A Pitt scientist is working to protect you from thousands of types at once.
-Two of the ‘forever chemicals’ have been studied widely and show a wide range of harmful effects. A Pitt researcher is helping to tackle the problem: What do we do about the other 4,000+?
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCOVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchGrant to help expand COVID-19 wastewater detection program
-The expanded program, which has been running as a pilot since spring, will test untreated sewage in some Detroit zip codes.
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Campus Clues to COVID-19: Sewage testing key to detecting early infections
-Explore our national map of stories about universities testing campus wastewater to catch potential COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASResearch, Data and Technology
Study to examine long-term health impacts of PFAS in West Michigan
-The science of PFAS and health is still emerging. That’s why the PFAS Exposure and Health Study is launching a five-year effort to examine potential health impacts more closely.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyQ & A: The Great Lakes are stressed. Climate change is making it worse.
-The lead author of a new report sheds light on how climate change, invasive species, nutrient pollution and other Great Lakes problems are interacting.
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Latest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoPlastic Trap: New project pulls plastics out of the lakes, one floating garbage can at a time
-Along the Canadian Great Lakes coast, Seabins – devices that look like trash cans in the water but behave like vacuum cleaners – are being installed.
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Drinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsGroundwater ContaminationIndianaLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsOntarioPFASPFAS News RoundupResearch, Data and TechnologyU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFOS in fish, Wisconsin standards in dispute, lacking regulations in Canada
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
