Activists resist efforts to eliminate some air pollution data from Detroit’s records

Activists resist efforts to eliminate some air pollution data from Detroit’s records
Great Lakes Echo
By Marissa Gonzalez Some environmental experts and activists in Detroit are concerned about a Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy request to the EPA to exclude air pollution data for 21 days with high levels of wildfire smoke.
By Marissa Gonzalez Some environmental experts and activists in Detroit are concerned about a Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy request to the EPA to exclude air pollution data for 21 days with high levels of wildfire smoke.
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Microplastics trigger inflammation linked to disease and death. Now scientists appear to have discovered why

Microplastics trigger inflammation linked to disease and death. Now scientists appear to have discovered why
Great Lakes Commission
A new study found that chemical reactions between water and six types of fossil fuel-based plastic created particles that damaged red blood cells and proteins in laboratory tests. The study […]
A new study found that chemical reactions between water and six types of fossil fuel-based plastic created particles that damaged red blood cells and proteins in laboratory tests. The study […]
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A ‘bathtub’ along Lake Michigan opens to hold tons of toxic sediment

A ‘bathtub’ along Lake Michigan opens to hold tons of toxic sediment
Great Lakes Commission
In an effort to clean up more than a century of pollution in Milwaukee’s waterways, a 42-acre “bathtub” has opened along Lake Michigan to hold tons of toxic sediment. The $123 […]
In an effort to clean up more than a century of pollution in Milwaukee’s waterways, a 42-acre “bathtub” has opened along Lake Michigan to hold tons of toxic sediment. The $123 […]
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A ‘bathtub’ along Lake Michigan opens to hold tons of toxic sediment

Summer cleanup removes 17,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from Torch Lake

Summer cleanup removes 17,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from Torch Lake
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Torch Lake in Antrim County, Michigan, is part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, which ultimately drains into Lake Michigan. A cleanup led by the U.S. EPA, Michigan […]
Torch Lake in Antrim County, Michigan, is part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, which ultimately drains into Lake Michigan. A cleanup led by the U.S. EPA, Michigan […]
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