Daniel Brown 04/17/2024 PFAS EPA Announces PFAS Drinking Water Standards The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized new drinking water standards for some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a historic… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 03/14/2023 PFAS EPA Releases Federal Drinking Water Standards for PFAS This morning, the US Environmental Protection Agency released proposed drinking water standards for several of the most common PFAS found… Read More »
Daniel Brown 03/09/2023 PFAS PFAS Found in Fish Throughout Huron and Rouge River Watersheds PFAS were found in every fish tested throughout select locations in the Huron and Rouge River watersheds. Last year, the… Read More »
Daniel Brown 02/13/2023 PFAS State Permit Fails to Protect the Huron River from PFAS Editor’s note: HRWC is currently conducting a survey about water. Participants are asking some great questions, with many centering on… Read More »
Daniel Brown 02/08/2023 PFAS PFAS Detected at Hamburg Wastewater Treatment Plant Two types of PFAS were detected at levels above state cleanup standards at the Hamburg Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), located… Read More »
Daniel Brown 06/15/2022 PFAS EPA Warns PFAS Are Far More Dangerous than Previously Thought On June 15th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new health advisory levels for four PFAS “forever chemicals.” The levels… Read More »
Daniel Brown 05/03/2022 PFAS Do Not Eat Fish Advisory Relaxed for Lowest Parts of Huron River The Do Not Eat Fish advisory that has been in place along the Huron River due to PFAS since 2018… Read More »
Daniel Brown 02/08/2022 PFAS Michigan Releases New PFAS Map Tool We commonly get asked by residents of our watershed where PFAS has been detected and if they need to take… Read More »
Daniel Brown 01/28/2022 PFAS Concerning PFAS Levels Found on Livingston County Cattle Farm Concerning levels of PFOS, a toxic PFAS compound, have been found in beef raised on a farm near the edge… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/23/2021 PFAS Stream of Consciousness, Fall 2021 This blog post was originally published September 1st in the Huron River Report, Fall 2021. Some days, protecting our water and… Read More »
Daniel Brown 11/09/2021 PFAS PFAS and Dams on the Huron River The State of Michigan has released advisories to avoid exposure to river foam, which tends to form near dams. If… Read More »
Daniel Brown 08/13/2021 PFAS PFAS Action Act Passes U.S. House The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan PFAS Action Act on July 21. The bill will head to the… Read More »