I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
It’s been more than two months since the dioxin-contaminated Tittabawassee River spilled into Saginaw Township’s West Michigan Park but results of soil sampling have not yet been shared with the public.
Midland-based Dow Chemical is responsible for a plume of dioxin contamination that stretches from its Midland facilities though the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers and into Lake Huron.
Dioxins are potent toxins that can cause developmental problems for children at minute amounts.
In 2009 EPA forced Dow to remove 17,000 tons of contaminated soil from West Michigan Park and scrub playground structures after sampling showed dioxin at five times the maximum allowable level.
Under an arrangement with the EPA the company is required to sample the park after flooding events to determine whether it has been recontaminated.
In May EPA Project Manager Mary Logan said that results of sampling in the park were expected in June, but the data has not been made available.
On Tuesday Dow spokeswoman Mary Draves confirmed that sampling has taken place but said that it is “being quality checked and is therefore not yet available.”
Draves said that the data will be submitted to EPA at the end of August.
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