Two municipalities in northeast Wisconsin are getting federal funding to replace lead service lines. More than $159 million has been allocated to 29 municipalities across the state, including Manitowoc and […]
Michigan House Republicans have unilaterally blocked about $8.3 million in spending aimed at helping residents of Flint deal with the long-term fallout of the drinking water crisis, as the GOP […]
A Free Press reader asks: Does anyone - besides the federal government - think developers aren’t building as many homes as they can already?
'It's painful to see our authorities not following the evidence when people's health is at risk.' Internal documents show experts supported adopting Health Canada's more stringent guidelines for the toxic chemical back in 2021.
Winter conditions in the Great Lakes are getting much shorter — by about two weeks fewer each decade since 1995
Village of Fredonia, New York, officials are urging residents to conserve water in any way they can due to a lack of rain. According to village officials, the water reservoir […]
Some Londoners might notice their drinking water tastes and smells different. But don’t worry – it’s still safe to drink, city hall officials say.
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Cigarette butts are one of the most common kind of plastic pollution found on Great Lakes beaches.
By Rachel Lewis
Michigan environmental officials found 1,4-dioxane, a toxic chemical, in six residential water wells in Scio Township during annual state testing. The dioxane, coming from the Gelman Plume, ranged between 0.33 to 0.86 parts per billion (ppb), well under the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy’s (EGLE) drinking water limit of 7.2 ppb. Although the state says the water is safe, some advocates for a more aggressive plume cleanup say the new detection suggests the plume is moving north. They say it could be dangerous if it reaches Barton Pond, Ann Arbor’s main water source.
leven years after Toledo’s water crisis left more than 400,000 people without safe drinking water, officials, researchers and residents gathered on Lake Erie to take a closer look at the lake’s current […]
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What would happen if our devices were alive? Would it change the way we treat them? One researcher in Chicago wanted to find out. So she made a smartwatch that has to be fed and watered to work.
Michigan officials recently reported six new detections of a toxic chemical spread through Ann Arbor but have not yet concluded whether the detections mean the chemical plume is still moving. […]