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[Job] Postdoctoral Research Associate at Michigan State University
Events
3 Mar 2022
Michigan State University seeks a postdoctoral research associate to conduct EPA- and USDA-funded projects to study the occurrence, sorption, transport, plant uptake, and risk assessment of PFAS, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products (PPCPs).
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Michigan’s first PFAS site cleanup trial is scheduled to begin this year
News
12 Jan 2022 | MLive
The first civil trial to arise out of Michigan’s multi-year pursuit of cleanup at toxic PFAS contamination sites is scheduled to take place this summer.
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Wolverine Worldwide PFAS Sites May Be Added To List of Nation’s Most Toxic Areas
News
7 Jan 2022 | MLive.com
The former Wolverine Worldwide tannery in Rockford and the company’s old dump in Belmont are being evaluated by the EPA as Superfund sites.
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Per-and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) Cycling within Michigan: Contaminated Sites, Landfills and Wastewater Treatment Plants
Science
4 Jan 2022 | Water Research
Analysis of PFAS in Michigan waste found that landfill leachate is a primary source of PFAS to WWTPs, and treatment can increase PFAS concentrations up to 19x, yet long-chain PFAS like PFOA concentrate in biosolids.
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EGLE Kicks Off Great Lakes PFAS Summit
News
6 Dec 2021 | Michigan Public Radio Network
The “Great Lakes Virtual PFAS Summit” is a week-long event where policymakers, environmentalists and researchers can learn about how to address the threat posed by PFAS.
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Michigan to stop buying most products made with PFAS chemicals
Policy
2 Nov 2021
The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget must “incentivize suppliers to offer products that do not contain intentionally added PFAS by seeking to purchase such products where possible."
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Michigan To Stop Buying Products Made With PFAS Chemicals
News
27 Oct 2021 | MLive.com
The state, which buys $2.5 billion worth of goods annually, must vet procurement contracts for products made or packaged with PFAS
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Records Released in FOIA Response Reveal Regulators’ Effort To Justify Slow Disclosure of PFAS Contamination
News
10 Oct 2021 | Record Eagle
The 160-document request details justifications for the delay, as well as talking points, protective memos and selective redactions.
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GAC Treatment Preferred Method for Van Etten Lake Cleanup
News
14 Sep 2021 | Iosco County-Herald
The remedial action alternatives that have been proposed are pump-and-treat by granular activated carbon, pump-and-treat by ion exchange or no action.
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It’s ‘Raining PFAS’, Even In Remote Areas of the Upper Peninsula
News
9 Sep 2021 | WXPR
Notable concentrations of PFAS in rainwater were found not only at sampling sites in industrial cities like Chicago or Cleveland, but in Eagle Harbor, as well.
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Michigan Expanding PFAS Testing Capacity
News
3 Sep 2021 | Great Lakes Echo
The new equipment can test for 30 different analytes of PFAS and reliably report results with low detection limits.
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State Health Department Shrinks ‘Do Not Eat ‘ Area for Deer Near PFAS Contaminated Site
News
3 Sep 2021 | Michigan Radio
The health department had been telling people not to eat deer found within a five-mile radius of Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda Township, next to the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
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Unsafe Levels of PFAS Found at Fisher Body in Lansing
News
1 Sep 2021 | Fox 47 News
The contaminant PFAS has been found at the former site of the Fisher Body Plant on Lansing’s west side at levels more than twelve times what’s considered safe.
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Environmental Group Issues Report ‘Setting the Record Straight’ about PFAS Contamination
News
24 Aug 2021 | Michigan Radio NPR
A new report compiled by a local group, Need Our Water (NOW) and the National Wildlife Federation, today issued a timeline critical of the actions of both the local Air Force and the state.
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Virtual Event No Defense Screening
Events
18 Aug 2021
The Great Lakes PFAS Action Network is hosting a virtual, seven-day screening, No Defense, The U.S. Military’s War on Water, by Pulitzer Prize winner Sara Ganim, to raise awareness and prompt action on the PFAS crisis occurring across the Great Lakes region.