microplastics

In Canada, no rule or law prevents many unmonitored and invisible substances -or "contaminants of emerging concern"- from entering our water, including the Great Lakes.

As researchers learn more about the hazards of plastics and microplastics in the Great Lakes, it's becoming clear Canada and the U.S. need to cooperate in stopping the pollution.

How algae and microplastics interact in the Great Lakes, a new poetry collection captures the essence of urban and suburban environments, and a look at the history of the Gossard Girls, women who sewed corsets and bras at factories in the U.P during Michigan’s industrial age.

Researchers at the University of Toronto found a filter can remove 87 percent of microfibers from the drain water.

There’s been a lot of news about the amount of plastic debris in the oceans. But plastic pollution is also affecting the Great Lakes. A study out of the…

Microplastic pollution has been building up in the Great Lakes for at least four decades, but our understanding of its impact on fish and other aquatic…

A new contaminant is threatening Lake Superior. Microplastics — tiny plastic fragments under five millimeters — have been discovered in the western basin…

Today, there's no federal or state restriction on the level of PFAS contamination considered a public health threat. What there is, is an advisory. We…

We Michiganders love our craft beer. In recent years, small breweries have been popping up everywhere, from big cities to small towns.But it turns out…

Microplastic pollution appears to affect creatures at the bottom of the food web the most. That’s one of the main takeaways from an analysis of 43 studies…