… Huron River Watershed Council will be allowed to continue their caseagainst Gelman Sciences, Inc., the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in an order on Jan. 12. After Washtenaw County Circuit…
… Court Judge Tim Connors ruled the jurisdictions and the Watershed Council could join the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality as co-plaintiffs in December, Gelman Sciences…
… Arbor City Council took place this Monday in regard of two court cases: Attorney General et al. v. Gelman Sciences, Inc., relating to the dioxane plume caused by Gelman Science, and Think Right…
… Ann Arbor’s aquifer slowly over two decades from Gelman Sciences, Inc., was found in our drinking water on two separate occasions in the Huron River and Barton Pond. The plume, discovered in well…
… litigating the issue seemingly lack this resolve. Or maybe the donation made by the family of the founder of Gelman Sciences, Inc. to U -M’s Risk Science Cen- ter creates a conflict of inter- est and gives…
… in the city’s groundwater. From 1966 to 1986, Gelman Sciences of Ann Arbor manufactured medical filters using dioxane, a potentially dangerous organic compound, subsequently contaminating…
… in 2015. Since 1992, Gelman Sciences has been held legally liable by the Environmental Protection Agency for monitoring and cleanup of the contamination; this responsibility has been passed…
… by the Ann Arbor- based company Gelman Sciences from 1966 to 1986 created a large plume of the carcinogenic toxin 1,4-dioxane underneath Ann Arbor, as well as Scio and Ann Arbor Townships. The…
… entering the Huron River. This challenges the recently- imposed state requirement that Gelman Sciences keeps the concentration of the chemical below 7.2 parts per billion, which is still more than…
… provide comment, based on the fact that the litigation between the parties was ongoing. Gelman Sciences has previously acted in attempt to negotiate solely with the Michigan Department of…
… Gelman Sciences to pump dioxane into the water in 1966 and are currently responsible for mandating cleanup standards for the dioxane— only exists to support businesses and allow them to pollute…
…. However, the change does not necessarily ensure Gelman Sciences will See DEMS, Page 3 Community leaders express concern about water safety …
… legal actions against the original polluter that could potentially bypass state environmental regulators. Improper wastewater disposal by the Ann Arbor-based company Gelman Sciences — which has…
… disposal by Gelman Sciences, an Ann Arbor life sciences firm, between 1966 to 1986 created a large, slow-moving CITY SCIENCE See RESEARCH, Page 3A See ELECTIONS, Page 3A See WATER, Page 3A AVA RANDA…
… residents’ drinking water. 1,4 dioxane is a carcinogen that, from 1966 to 1986, the company Gelman Sciences used in their manufacturing process, in which they improperly disposed of their waste…
… compound used in many industrial settings. The plume was discovered after inspections revealed years of improper wastewater dispos- al by Gelman Sciences Inc., an Ann Arbor-based manu- facturing company…
… Attorney General’s office to litigate Gelman Sciences — the original polluter — for a more stringent cleanup using new standards from the DEQ, though he did not rule out supporting an eventual EPA…
… introduced to the groundwater after Ann Arbor manufacturer Gelman Sciences, now Danaher Corp., released the chemical as an industrial byproduct into an unlined lagoon from 1966 to 1986. The chemical was…
… source of an ongoing legal battle against Gelman Sciences by Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Scio Township, The Huron River Watershed Council and the state. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily…
… plume of groundwater that several residents have raised concerns about — which lies beneath Scio Township and Ann Arbor and is slowly moving toward the Huron River — originated from Gelman…
… Sciences, which improperly disposed of 1,4-dioxane into the groundwater between 1966 and 1986. However, 1,4-dioxane has never been detected in Ann Arbor’s water supply, and a network of…
…,000 pounds of the chemical dioxane was improperly dumped by Gelman Sciences on their property in the outskirts of town. Long- term exposure to dioxane can lead to liver and kidney damage and can cause…
