Tag: Daily News
MSU study reveals impacts of road salt on Lake Michigan, local waterways
Researchers at Michigan State University discovered that road salt and other salt sources created by humans are increasing Lake Michigan’s saltiness. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Tributaries play key role in feeding ‘forever chemicals’ into Great Lakes: study
A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison found tributary rivers that feed into Lake Michigan play a critical role in transporting cancer-linked “forever chemicals” perfluoroalkyl acids, or PFAAs, into the Great Lakes system. Read the full story b…
Trent University involved in first-time testing of Great Lakes ice
Trent University in Ontario is joining Winter Grab, a first-of-its-kind winter research effort to collect and analyze ice and water samples from all five of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by PTBO – Peterborough, ON.
Cyanide spill in Lake Michigan tributary leads to $3 million settlement
The owner of a Northwest Indiana steel mill will pay $3 million in penalties, donate more than 100 acres of land for conservation, and agreed to pollution controls after a 2019 spill of ammonia and cyanide from the mill killed thousands of fish in a Lake Michigan tributary. Read the full story by the Chicago […]
Michigan’s poor and minority communities most impacted by environmental racism
Communities across Michigan are calling out the impacts of environmental racism and environmental injustice. Data shows people living in the most socially vulnerable populations in the state are more likely to be exposed to polluted water, air pollutio…