PFAS

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing two Wixom-based automotive suppliers, Tribal Technologies and Adept Plastic Finishing.

The bill would create a pilot program to test children in Kent, Ottawa and Kalamazoo counties.

The Legislature debates a bill package around transgender youth in sports. Then, one person’s journey to become the first person to kayak around the Great Lakes. Plus, the impact of the EPA delaying setting guidelines for PFAS.

The Michigan Supreme Court issued an order Friday returning an industry challenge to the state’s PFAS drinking water standards to a lower court.A divided Supreme Court instructed the Michigan Court of Appeals to consider the fact that the chemical manufacturer 3M challenged a rule drafted in 2019 before the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy adopted final standards in 2020.

President Donald Trump pulled a Biden administration plan to set effluent limits on PFAS. Michigan currently has PFAS regulations for drinking water supplies in place, though they are currently being challenged in court.

The sites are the Kalamazoo Regional Fire Training Center, and an area near U.S. 131 in Wexford County, near Cadillac.

The settlement covers four sites in Kent County. The Michigan attorney general originally sued over contamination at nine sites.

The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the state is following the law to include the costs of compliance in groundwater cleanup orders.

A challenge to Michigan’s rules on water contamination by a group of forever chemicals is on the Michigan Supreme Court’s November oral arguments docket.

It's unclear how foam containing over 4,000 parts per trillion of PFOS, a type of PFAS, formed on Muskegon Lake in west Michigan.