PFAS

The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team has declared the former site of a longtime Grand Rapids metal manufacturer a PFAS contamination site, a program that gives direct cash payments to pregnant and new others launched on Monday in the UP, and more.

The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team has declared the former site of a longtime Grand Rapids metal manufacturer a PFAS contamination site

The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team lists two new West Michigan locations as contamination sites, Governor Gretchen Whitmer will use her state of the State address to address the affordable housing shortage, and more.

State officials will test Fennville drinking water after PFAS discovery; a second site has been identified in Ottawa County

Leaders gather to ask for fair treatment by ICE, multi-car pileup on I-196, MSP and truckers combat human trafficking, Code Blue for the homeless, digital tool for organ donations, EGLE awards PFAS grants. MI looking at austerity budget in ’26, new wave of violence at MI correction facilities, and more

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is awarding $9 million dollars in PFAS mitigation grants to airports across the state

The Right Place has presented its 2026 economic outlook to Grand Rapids business leaders, educators social workers and state and local officials met in Lansing on Wednesday to discuss how to better set Michigan males up for the future, and more.

A Kent County judge has dismissed a state lawsuit against the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority over PFAS contamination surrounding the facility.

Michigan and the rest of the country have a problem with PFAS and other forever chemicals. Do they really last forever in our body? Dr. Chet Zelasko talks about the latest research and also gives an update on why you might need an exit strategy if you’re going to use a new diet or weight loss medication. That’s all ahead on this edition of Straight Talk on Health

Less than a day after the announcement that PFAS contamination was found at the Grand River Indian Mounds, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is now warning against eating fish caught near the site