toxic chemicals

The proposed merger of Midland-based Dow Chemical and DuPont is now part of a lawsuit filed by a town in New Jersey. DuPont operated the Chambers Works…

Researchers are finding flame retardants and stain repellent chemicals in herring gull eggs in the Great Lakes region.These chemicals are used in a lot of…

Today is the last day for the public to weigh in on plans to expand a toxic waste facility in an east Detroit neighborhood.US Ecology wants permission to…

Plans to expand a hazardous waste facility have sparked worries from residents in a Detroit neighborhood.The US Ecology facility site has been processing…

The Ecology Center in Ann Arbor has just come out with its 5th report on toxic chemicals in car seats. The nonprofit group analyzes car seats for the…

Lawmakers want to overhaul our nation’s chemical safety law, but there’s a lot of disagreement about how to do that.In the U.S., chemicals are innocent…

The city of St. Louis, Michigan would much rather be talked about as the geographic center of the Lower Peninsula.Instead, there's a lot of focus on the…

All this week we're bringing you stories about the chemical company responsible for the PBB tragedy in Michigan. Michigan Chemical accidentally…

Arsenic occurs naturally, and Michigan is one of a handful of states with unusually high arsenic concentrations in groundwater.Arsenic was also used in…

All this week, we’ve been talking about the potential for elevated levels of arsenic in groundwater in Michigan.The upshot of our reports:Arsenic levels…