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09/27/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Michigan residents angry that their drinking water has been contaminated with chemicals and flame-retardants

Residents of Oscoda, Michigan are furious about the toxic PFAS and that have contaminated the picturesque Van Etten Lake. In a Circle of Blue report, the pollutants came from an old U.S. military base that made heavy use of firefighting foam. Nicknamed Paddletown U.S.A., Oscoda is closely linked with the bodies of water in northern Michigan, […]

04/11/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Officials in Michigan release fish consumption advisories after three lakes found to contain cancer-causing chemicals

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has issued a fish consumption advisory for three lakes in three separate Michigan counties. Multiple samples of fish taken from these sites are testing positive for mercury and cancer-causing polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Bluegill, sunfish, largemouth and smallmouth bass taken from Freska and Versluis Lake tested […]

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