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Residents experiencing skyrocketing bills for water and sewage in the City of Saline may be getting some relief. But, as WEMU’s Cathy Shafran reports, any relief will not impact the sticker shock they were hit with last year.

Toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" are a worsening problem in our land and water and, now, our food supply. Beef produced at a small Livingston County farm was found to contain PFAS. How prevalent is the problem? WEMU's David Fair and Lisa Wozniak of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters explore this specific issue in context of the larger PFAS problem with Tony Spaniola, co-chair of the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network.

Gardening season is in full swing, and folks are ready to buy the essentials, such as natural fertilizers. Yet, buyers should beware. A national study…

Searching for new sources of natural fertilizer is an ongoing process, and a University of Michigan research project is exploring use of an unending…

Usually when medications expire, people pour them down the drain and flush them down the toilet. But studies have shown that trace elements of those…

In this week's "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair speaks to Melissa Cooper-Sargent, Green Living Resources Director for the Ecology Center,…

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

State lawmakers will spend the early part of this week digging into the Flint water crisis.A group of state lawmakers will tour Flint’s water treatment…

Saline officials think their staff did a good job responding to on overflow at the wastewater treatment plant. About 29-thousand gallons of partially…