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PFAS News Roundup: Ohio train derailment likely spilled PFAS and other chemicals across 16 states, including most Great Lakes | Great Lakes Now
Chemicals like perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were likely spilled after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. A new study analyzing rain and snow samples from northern Wisconsin to North Carolina and Maine found the highest levels of pH and certain compounds recorded over the last 10 years. This study proves that the various chemicals spilled did not just negatively impact local residents but spread across 540,000 square miles through 16 other states — which includes a third of the U.S.
Q+A: Local Order of Canada inductees Joe Miskokomon, Susie Matthias
The Order of Canada has been bestowed on two people in the region, one for her dedication to the arts and the other for his lifetime of work with Indigenous people.
Londoner Alysha Newman pumped as she prepares for third Olympics
Alysha Newman almost always flies high in France.
So long Papa’s: Family-owned pizzeria closing after 52 years
Tony Buragina’s earliest memory of Papa’s Pizzeria and Restaurant is as a little boy eating spumoni ice cream in a back room as his father and mother worked the restaurant they owned.
