Scientists call on U.S., Canada to confront 'ubiquitous' Great Lakes microplastics pollution
The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...
Trump, Musk move to oust EPA staff in the Great Lakes region, including dozens responsible for protecting drinking water for 30 million in US and Canada
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials from Chicago have been aiding a poor, predominantly white Ohio village upended ...
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Let’s Talk About Lake Michigan and Its Above-Water Shipwreck
Geo Rutherford describes herself as a “morbid pessimist.” She gets excited when she finds evidence of things that have gone ...
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Wild swimmers in the Great Lakes facing health risks from dangerous microplastics at 'highest reported worldwide' levels
Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...
EPA pauses environmental justice workers, sparking fears of hurting Michigan projects
The EPA's 168 environmental justice workers join other EPA workers who have been notified their jobs are in jeopardy.
Fish-eating shoreline birds harmed by polluted Michigan waters, yearslong study finds
Gulls and terns studied in known polluted shoreline areas had a host of worse health and reproductive outcomes than those in ...
The Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious.
When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...
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Fish-eating shoreline birds harmed by polluted Michigan waters, yearslong study finds
Grand Traverse Bay's pollution is chlorinated dioxins ... the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy's Office of the Great Lakes then ...