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Toxic chemicals turn up in Great Lakes plastic pollution	Toxic chemicals clinging to plastics could cause health problems for fish and other organisms in the Great Lakes.
EPA to Begin Soil Sampling as Part of PCB Investigationedward cardenas	Crews from the EPA will begin taking soil samples from homes along canals in St. Clair Shores in April.
North shore conservation groups worried about stormwater pollution	Members of conservation groups are worried about the effect of stormwater runoff on Lake Superior. About two dozen people...
Spring Rain, Then Foul Algae in Ailing Lake Erie	TOLEDO, Ohio — For those who live and play on the shores of Lake Erie, the spring rains that will begin falling here soon...
How the sequester might affect cleanup projects in the Great Lakes	I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but folks in Washington aren’t exactly getting along these days. They couldn’t agree on how...
Expert: Lake Erie better but still at risk	Almost 45 years after the Cuyahoga River famously caught fire and prompted widespread changes in how our water supplies are...
Barrel Recovery Complete	A project to recover decades-old barrels from Lake Superior is complete, but the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is...
Pipeline shutdown continues as feds hand down large fines to Enbridge	It’s been nearly a month since a rupture in a pipeline operated by Enbridge dumped an estimated million gallons of...
Oil spills into waterway	MONTREAL — A shipping accident caused up to 200 tonnes of bunker oil to gush into the St. Lawrence Seaway and had...
New EPA air pollution rule could reduce smog along Lake Michigan	For years the mostly rural communities along the western shore of Lake Michigan have suffered from ozone and particle...