Dioxane

Attorneys for the City of Ann Arbor hope to intervene in the latest consent judgment reached between the state of Michigan and Gelman Sciences before it is approved by a Washtenaw Circuit Court judge. The judgment has to do with a remediation plan for Gelman’s 1,4 toxic dioxane. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran has details.

We've known for a long time that chemicals and pollution lead to poor health outcomes, particularly in communities of color and lower income portions of our county and state. With lead, mercury, PFAS, and dioxane, we understand there is a potentially higher risk for cancer. But what if you are exposed to all of them? University of Michigan researcher Justin Colacino is leading a team and a newly launched, $13 million study to find out, and he discusses his project with WEMU's David Fair.

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Several elected officials will update the public and listen to concerns this week on the ongoing 1.4 dioxane contamination plume int he Ann Arbor area.…

For two decades the State of Michigan’s “containment” policy has allowed polluters to leave contamination in place rather than clean it up. 4,000 such…

As concern rises and detection methods improve, 1,4-Dioxane is being discovered in water sources across the country. Central to formulating remediation…

At a September work session, Ann Arbor City Council members asked city staff if the current water treatment plant could accommodate equipment to remove…

The cast of players involved with Ann Arbor’s dioxane problem has changed many times over in the thirty years since the contamination was first…

While the federal advisory level is 3.5 parts per billion, the amount of dioxane the State of Michigan allows in drinking water is 85 ppb, one of the…

Good communication between all parties involved is central to productive conflict resolution. Some say it needs improving when it comes to dealing with…