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Drugs in Drinking Water: New Report Explores Emerging Great Lakes Threat, Solutions Recent testing of Lake Michigan water has found pharmaceutical byproducts in the water, raising concerns about the potential...
Black River in EPA sights The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it wants to add sections of the Black River that run through...
EPA wants more wells to protect White Lake from effects of old chemical plant The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan it says will clean up groundwater to safe levels within 18...
USA. NMMA comments on Florida discharge proposal NMMA has submitted comments (See below) to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on its proposed ban on...
Project aims to cut sewage dumping The more than 20 billion gallons of raw and partially treated sewage dumped annually into metro Detroit waterways would be...
EPA targets chemical often dumped in Chicago sewers Alarmed by research linking chemicals used to make Scotchgard and Teflon to cancer, liver disease and other health problems...
DNR Cautions Ice Anglers To Pick Up Trash For residents of White Bear Lake and for anglers out on the lake, the message about sanitation is the same -- pick up the...
Overflows impact environment An estimated 477 million litres of stormwater and untreated sewage was dumped into the St. Lawrence River last year as a...
New tests reveal more PCBs Two things are certain: There are more PCBs in St. Clair Shores and there will be money to clear the contamination around...
Lake Michigan pollution: Highland Park project aims to curb sewage flow A plan is under way in Highland Park to help keep at least a small amount of raw sewage out of Lake Michigan -- the source...
St. Clair River study under way It will be June before a consultant's report offers recommendations to clean up decades-old mercury on the bottom of the St...
EPA warned of lawsuit over runoff pollution The threat of a potential lawsuit could set the stage for new regulations of a pair of pollutants responsible for algae...
Two pollutants eyed for more regulation The threat of a potential lawsuit on Monday could set the stage for new regulations of a pair of pollutants that are...
Where have all the salmon gone? Few would describe Toronto as a beautiful city. Its most distinctive architectural feature — red brick Victorian...
Clean-air advocates battle Oberstar over Great Lakes pollution proposal A battle over a proposal to regulate air pollution from ships is pitting clean-air advocates against industry groups and...
Fight Brewing Over Possible Rider to Weaken Air Pollution Regs for Ships Clean air advocates are girding for a battle over a possible amendment to the annual U.S. EPA spending bill that would...
River cleanup price tag $79M Almost $79 million worth of work is needed to help the Detroit River move closer to getting off a list of toxic hot spots...
Michigan news: Dioxin study of limited use A scientific analysis of dioxin exposure near a Dow Chemical Co. plant in Midland will be of little use in planning a long-...
Retention basin to stop sewage from entering river The city's engineering department and the university have announced details about the massive water retention basin that's...
As the cleanup of toxic chemicals along the Fox River prepares to pause for winter, the project is ahead of schedule - but the price tag has grown. The dredges on the Fox River motor past abandoned factories, city parks, million-dollar homes and, inevitably, paper mills....
Final Public Meeting Monday On Revised Water Rules State officials will hold the last of four public meetings Monday to discuss revised state water quality rules that...
Debating how to clean up Bridgeport’s former dumping ground A chain link fence separates Bubbly Creek, a polluted backwater cul-de-sac of the Chicago River, from human contact near...
Lake Erie let down creates the desire to help clean up For the first time in my life I am embarrassed to say I live on Lake Erie. I was a child living in Canton the first time I...
Toxin-producing green goo returns to plague Lake Erie A mysterious green gunk found in Lake Erie recently may indicate that an explosion of toxic algae is again threatening to...
With all of its land-use issues, Sappi site could take years to redevelop For those thinking the closed-down Sappi site on Muskegon Lake might be revitalized into something different in the next few...
‘Solar UFO’ water cleaners afloat in Osaka canals As part of the upcoming Aqua Metropolis festival in Osaka, engineering firm NTT Facilities has developed a pair of solar-...
What is wrong with estrogen-mimicking hormones? Estrogen mimickers are a group of different molecules that do not have any obvious structural similarities. What most of...
Giant Free-Roving Robotic Cages Could Be the Healthy Future of Fish Farming With over 70 percent of the world's natural fisheries taxed beyond the point of replenishment, the demand for farmed fish...
How to Find Out If Your Beach Is Safe for Swimming We're also swimming so much these hot days, it's something I think about often. My general rule of thumb is to use common...
Water Quality Improves After Lawn Fertilizer Ban, Study Shows In an effort to keep lakes and streams clean, municipalities around the country are banning or restricting the use of...
Study Links Great Lakes Fish and Diabetes Scientists have known for a long time that a lot of wild-caught fish have dangerous contaminants. People who eat fish have...
$900,000 grant to boost industrial site cleanups Niagara County has nearly doubled the amount of money it has available for cleaning up former industrial sites with the...
More than $93 million pledged for Duffin Creek sewage plant in Pickering Durham's getting more than $93 million worth of help from the feds and the Province to upgrade the Duffin Creek Water...
Study Finds Sewage In Milwaukee Water A new study found that human sewage is seeping into rivers and onto beaches. Contamination closing down area beaches has...
Two Rivers receives grant for water treatment A $2.8 million clean water grant announced Monday will allow Two Rivers to update its water treatment system. "A lot of...
Great Lakes politicians work to keep drugs out of water cycle Midland Mayor James Downer helped to launch a program to keep pharmaceuticals and personal care products out of the Great...
Great Lakes Calcium settles air pollution lawsuit Green Bay limestone processing company Great Lakes Calcium Corp. has agreed to pay the state $280,000 to settle a lawsuit...
PCBs, dioxins make Great Lakes fish a risk to eat, conservation group says Anglers may be getting more than a trophy fish when they land a big one from the Great Lakes. They could be catching fish...