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A blighted, vacant industrial property in Scio Township is getting some brownfield funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Gelman Sciences 1,4 dioxane plume continues to spread and threaten the health of groundwater in Scio Township and Ann Arbor. Recent reports indicate there is now a potential threat of exposure through wet basements. With spring and the usual basement flooding that occurs in portions of the area, it is a cause for concern. University of Michigan toxicologist and environmental professor, Dr. Rita Loch-Caruso, is a co-author of a study identifying the problems. She joined WEMU's David Fair with the latest information.

Michigan has reached its first settlement in a series of lawsuits over PFAS contamination. Colin Jackson has more.

New concerns are being raised about the spread of contamination from the Gelman 1,4 dioxane plume into Ann Arbor Township. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran has more.

State environmental officials say the latest report on the Gelman 1,4 dioxane plume shows the concentration of groundwater contamination has remained about the same over the past year. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran has details.

For decades, a 1,4 dioxane plume has contaminated groundwater in Scio Township and Ann Arbor. Legal battles have been ongoing with the original polluter,…

Amid PFAS contamination, controversial oil and gas pipelines, and lead contamination, another water safety issue in Washtenaw County sometimes drops out…

Lansing’s lawmakers won’t return to the Capitol until next week. But they’ve already got big plans for 2018.Before the state Legislature broke for the…

Money might be on the way to help fight perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in Michigan. PFAS is a family of chemicals that’s been discovered in…

There are roughly 48,000 on-site septic systems in Washtenaw County, according to the Washtenaw County Environmental Health Division. State statistics…