‘Astronomical’ PFAS level sets new Michigan contamination milestone

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Photo: PFAS foam accumulates downstream from the Geddes Dam in Ann Arbor Township on Sept. 20, 2018. PFAS foam has…

Water-Filter Pitchers Not Equally Effective at Removing Microcystins

6 years ago

Photo: Dr. Chaffin in the lab. (Credit: Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/2018/7a1my/water-quality-safe.) Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the toxins…

Leading Water Utilities Reducing Water-Energy Nexus Pressures

6 years ago

Water is required to produce nearly all forms of energy. At the same time, electricity is needed to provide drinking…

Water, water, not everywhere: Former NASA hydrologist says water security issues worsening

6 years ago

Photo: University of Saskatchewan hydrologist and executive director of the Global Institute for Water Security Jay Famiglietti gives a lecture…

“They lied to us” about contaminated groundwater, say residents near Ford’s Livonia plant

6 years ago

Photo: Monica O'Connor and Bruce Tenniswood on the porch of her Alden Village home. Credit: Tracy Samilton / Michigan Radio…

Three newspapers confront one challenge: Sea-level rise is real

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In August, 2017, a woman walks along a flooded sidewalk along Alton Road near Michigan Avenue in Miami Beach. New…

Microplastics are getting into mosquitoes, contaminating new food chains

6 years ago

Photo: Mosquitoes leave the water and take microplastics with them. Shaun Wilkinson/Shutterstock There is no doubt that plastic pollution in…

Eelgrass wasting disease has new enemies: Drones and artificial intelligence

6 years ago

When infected with eelgrass wasting disease, blades of eelgrass develop black and brown splotches ('lesions') that can spread and kill…

Navajo Water Supply is More Horrific than Flint, But No One Cares Because they’re Native American

6 years ago

The news out of Flint, Michigan brought the issue of contaminated drinking water into sharp focus, as it was revealed…

Hurricane Florence breaches manure lagoon, coal ash pit in North Carolina

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Flooded rivers from Florence’s drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution…