PFAS Levels In Ann Arbor Drinking Water Spiked And City Isn’t Sure Why
"ANN ARBOR, MI – PFAS levels in Ann Arbor’s drinking water spiked in October and city officials aren’t sure why."
Source: Ann Arbor News, 12/12/2018
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"Businesses Discharging PFAS into Michigan's Waterways"
"Michigan businesses are discharging high levels of PFAS that move into the state's waterways on a daily basis."
Source: MLive, 11/30/2018
"Chemours To Clean Up Genx And Pay $12 Million Fine"
"To settle allegations that it tainted drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in southeast North Carolina with toxic fluoroethers, Chemours has agreed to pay the state $12 million."
Source: C&EN, 11/29/2018
"High Level of PFAS Found At Western Michigan School"
"A western Michigan school has begun distributing bottled water after state environmental officials said it had elevated levels of toxic industrial chemicals."
Source: AP, 10/31/2018
EPA Continues to Approve Toxic PFAS Chemicals Despite Wide Contamination
"Even as the Environmental Protection Agency has been trumpeting its efforts to find and clean up contamination from industrial chemicals known as PFAS, it has been allowing new chemicals in this class to enter into commerce, according to data from the agency."
Source: The Intercept, 10/26/2018
"U.S. Class-Action Case Targets Nine PFAS Makers"
"A firefighter is leading a class-action suit against nine manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)."
Source: C&EN, 10/24/2018
Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Targets Makers of PFAS Chemicals
"Robert Bilott, who successfully sued DuPont over PFOA, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of everyone in the U.S. who has PFAS chemicals in their blood."
Source: The Intercept, 10/08/2018
"Ann Arbor OKs New Plan To Reduce PFAS In City's Drinking Water"
"ANN ARBOR, MI - Ann Arbor officials are taking additional steps to ensure city residents are drinking safe water, spending another $850,000 to try to better filter out harmful PFAS chemicals."
Source: Ann Arbor News, 09/26/2018
State Knew of PFAS in Flint R Before Switch, But May Not Have Told City
"FLINT, MI -- Testing of the Flint River showed rising levels of PFAS contamination before it was used as the city's water source four years ago."
Source: Flint Journal, 08/27/2018
"Is Your Water Safe? Harmful Chemical Found In Many Michigan Systems"
"Hundreds of municipal water supplies throughout Michigan may have unsafe levels of an emerging, persistent chemical compound once used in nonstick surfaces. But the State of Michigan, critics contend, is using outdated measuring criteria — meaning hundreds of communities have levels of the chemical that Michigan says are safe, but other studies show may be harmful."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 08/24/2018
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