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Cadillac hosts resource fair to tackle PFAS water concerns
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30 Jun 2025 | UpNorthLive
Amid growing concerns over PFAS contamination, a resource fair was held in downtown Cadillac, Michigan, bringing together various groups dedicated to finding solutions for the community's water quality issues.
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Bipartisan bill demands more transparency, faster action on PFAS contamination
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27 Jun 2025 | Dave Clark
Michigan lawmakers are teaming up across the aisle to demand more transparency and faster action on PFAS contamination near U.S. military facilities.
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Michigan AG settles lawsuit with Domtar over PFAS contamination in St. Clair County
Policy
25 Jun 2025
The Michigan Office of Attorney General has reached a settlement agreement with Domtar Industries over the release of PFAS in its paper manufacturing process.
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Michigan, Army Corps reach compromise on harbor PFAS testing
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18 Jun 2025 | MLive
Michigan, Army Corps reach compromise on harbor PFAS testing The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it may dredge the Grand Haven inner harbor this fall as planned after reaching a compromise with state regulators to avoid certain areas suspected to contain toxic PFAS contaminants.
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Michigan triples waters with ‘Do Not Eat’ warning for PFAS in fish
Policy
5 Jun 2025
The state of Michigan has tripled the list of lakes and rivers where high concentrations of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ make the fish unsafe to eat.
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The new PFAS bill is urgently needed for Michigan
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3 Jun 2025 | The Michigan Daily
To address this prevalent problem, Michigan has started regulating the agricultural use of biosolids. However, these measures fall short because they do not ban the use of such fertilizers outright, like Maine did.
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Michigan gives Wolverine Worldwide $1M for office rehab amid PFAS cleanup
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22 May 2025 | Bridge Michigan
Michigan officials this week awarded a $1 million business development grant to global footwear retailer Wolverine World Wide as it remakes its Rockford headquarters two years into a corporate turnaround plan.
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Bipartisan bills propose free PFAS blood tests for kids in affected Michigan counties
Policy
20 May 2025
Two state lawmakers announced bipartisan legislation Tuesday aimed at providing free blood testing in PFAS contaminated areas.
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Elevated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in tap water and serum in a community near an abandoned paper mill
Science
5 May 2025 | Environ Adv.
Long-term exposure to PFAS-contaminated drinking water in a Michigan community was identified as a primary predictor of chronic elevated serum levels.
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Boon Township family finds alarming levels of PFAS in water, encourages others to test
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27 Mar 2025 | Up North Live
"For anyone who lives in Boon, Cadillac or any of the surrounding areas, we are finding PFAS contamination in many different places," said Mary Galvanek, an organizer of Cadillac Advocates for Clean Water. "The most important thing is to put yourself on a testing schedule. So, test right now for PFAS and you can get a general water test as well."
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What we know about newly discovered PFAS near Ann Arbor
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19 Mar 2025 | Michigan Live
A recent discovery of forever chemicals linked to health problems is suspected to have originated from a decades-old manufacturing site near Ann Arbor.
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Michigan's newest PFAS threat: Contamination from household septic systems
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17 Mar 2025 | Bridge Michigan
But a state analysis of water from 70 neighboring wells told another story: Some residents, schools and businesses may have unwittingly tainted their own drinking water, through years of flushing common household products down the drain and into septic systems that allowed tainted sewage to quietly infiltrate the aquifer.
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Supreme Court sends PFAS rules case between state, 3M back to lower court
Policy
7 Mar 2025
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday ordered a lower court to reconsider a case governing the future of Michigan regulations that seek to crack down on so-called "forever chemicals" in water supplies.
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Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Sediment: a Source of PFAS to the Food Web?
Science
4 Feb 2025 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
While treatment of wastewater treatment plant effluent initially decreased PFAS levels in Kent Lake fish in Michigan, high contamination levels were found to continue due to PFAS accumulation in sediment acting as a persistent contamination source.
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Why decades-old, toxic PFAS foam is still contaminating northern Michigan waterways
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23 Nov 2024 | PBS
The Defense Department missed a deadline this fall to stop using a toxic firefighting foam that has caused widespread contamination across the country.