EGLE

by Laina Stebbins A state department and a long-polluting manufacturing company on Friday filed for new, strengthened cleanup standards at an Ann Arbor site that has been a source of underground contamination since the 1960s. The…

by Kelly House Michigan health officials say the Huron River is now safe for human contact, after state and outside investigations concluded that far less hexavalent chromium entered the waters than originally feared. Just…

by Dr. Mozghan Savabieasfahani Hexavalent chromium, a dreadful carcinogen, was just added to a long list of water contaminants in Ann Arbor (1,4-dioxane, PFOS, PFOA, PFBA, PFPeA, PFBS, PFHxA and PFHpA). Yet Michigan’s health and…

The Wixom company responsible for a chemical release that threatened the Huron River system was served with multiple violation notices from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy or EGLE. EGLE’s Water Resources…

by Scott Dean The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has established a new Water Quality Value (WQV) for perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and has revised the existing WQV for perfluorooctanoic acid…

by Kyle Davidson Following reports of a hexavalent chromium spill in the Huron River on Monday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) has begun testing at multiple sites in the river system. …