Land
Michigan mine gains two state permits
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Menominee tribe ramps up opposition.
environmental politics
One tribe’s ‘long walk’ upstream for environmental and cultural justice
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An installment in Environmental Health News’s “Sacred Water” series.
environmental politics
River fight boosts a tribe’s long-threatened culture
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The Menominee Tribe, fighting a losing battle with regulators over a mine near their namesake river, has emerged with a stronger, vibrant voice.
environmental politics
Michigan mine risks Wisconsin tribe’s hallowed sites
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Modern boundaries complicate —and stymie—the Menominee Tribe’s effort to protect burial grounds.
Echo
Only half the drugs in sewage are removed before entering Great Lakes
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The impact of most of these “chemicals of emerging concern” on the health of people and aquatic life remains unclear, according to the International Joint Commission.
Water
Drugs found in Lake Michigan, miles from sewage outfalls
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Prescription drugs are contaminating Lake Michigan two miles from Milwaukee’s sewage outfalls, suggesting that the lake is not diluting the compounds as most scientists expected.
Echo
Out of sight, out of mind: Carcinogenic chemical spreads beneath Michigan town
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Officials stumbled upon one of the nation’s largest plumes of an industrial solvent called trichloroethylene, or TCE, in Mancelona, Mich.
Echo
Good news for Detroit: Lead poisoning of kids drops 70 percent since 2004
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Lead poisoning of Detroit children has dropped dramatically, and experts attribute it to the cleanup or demolition of vacant homes, a shrinking population and stricter city landlord laws.
Echo
Hormones from livestock operations may skew fish gender
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Baby fish exposed to hormone-laden manure from Indiana farms were more likely to be male than those raised in uncontaminated water.
The findings add to evidence that farm runoff may alter fish hormones.
Echo
Pollution cripples culture, health of Great Lakes native people
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Indigenous people in the United States and Canada are burdened with health problems linked to pollutants. But native foods, medicines, language, ceremonies and traditional farming, hunting and fishing are also jeopardized.