… about dioxane and PFAS contamination in Washtenaw County’s drinking water. With Ann Arbor residents calling for a more transparent reporting system, Ann Arbor Water Treatment Manager Brian…
… changes. In the report, Steglitz mentioned dioxane and PFAS infiltration are not a new phenomenon. “Dealing with water contaminants is not new to us,” Steglitz wrote. “Throughout my tenure of almost…
… the chemical 1,4-dioxane into soil and groundwater in northwest Ann Arbor, polluting residents’ water sources. Gelman Sciences used the probable carcinogen 1,4-dioxane to manufacture…
… opponent to prove that it’s actually at fault.” Ann Arbor resident James D’Amour who is a member of the Coalition for Action on Remediation of Dioxane expressed his concern with the inability to work…
… horseshoe, gets a ringer for the first time. “It is the little things that resonate and stay with you,” he said. “It is perfect but natural.” work with our partners.” The dioxane plume was…
… polluting water, the DEQ acknowledges dioxane could potentially pose vapor intrusion health risks. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry explainshumans can be exposed to the…
… a cleanup plan for the Gelman dioxane plume on Aug. 31. The plume’s history goes back to 1958, when the late Charles Gelman began manufacturing micro-porous filters in the local Ann Arbor…
… area. A chemical called 1,4-dioxane was used during the process, and eventually seeped into soil, polluting groundwater at the company’s Scio Township plant. Over decades, the dioxane spread…
…OPINION Page 6 Friday, August 12, 1988 Ann Arbor residents sue company over dioxane poisoning Gelman taints water TWENTY YEARS AGO, FAMILIES LIVING IN SCIO Town- The compensation demanded by these…
…'water supply was con- necessary by the chemical should be paid for by the company taminated with dioxane and were notified not to drink or bathe that put these families in danger. Furthermore, because Gel- in…
… more directly on expanding our community of donors, and they very generously responded.” Giving Blue Day garners almost $1M less than ’17 Samples show rise in dioxane levels, need for more tests…
… KIM For The Daily Water samples taken from the storm sewers at West Park in Ann Arbor reveal an increase in the levels of 1,4 dioxane — a likely carcinogen — in the groundwater. Within a year…
… local Ann Arbor company that manufactures dialysis membranes. For many years, Gel- man used the dangerous carcinogen 1,4, Dioxane in its production pro- cess and dumped their hazardous waste refuse in…
…. First, they explained that the company had never violated any laws pertaining to hazardous waste disposal. Previous DNR regulations permitted them to dump dioxane in a variety of ways and each time the…
… Polluters should pay IN 1986, 60 FAMILIES living near the Gelman Science facility o n Wagner Road in Ann Arbor were put on bottled water because dan- gerous levels of 1,4-dioxane were found in their wells by…
… the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It was also found that the chemical had been leaking into the groundwater beneath the Saginaw forest. Numerous studies have shown that dioxane causes cancerous…
… HAZING, Page 3A In response to a new discovery last week of the toxic chemical 1,4-dioxane in shallow groundwater on Ann Arbor’s west side, city officials are exploring the possibility of new…
… since been purchased by Pall Corporation — from 1966 to 1986 has created a large plume of the carcinogenic dioxane toxin underground in the city of Ann Arbor, as well as Scio and Ann Arbor Townships…
…, Gelman Sciences Inc. will clean an underground water plume contaminated with 1,4-diox- ane, a suspected carcinogen. The dioxane is a manufacturing byproduct of Gelman Sciences, which makes micro…
…'s water supply, which serves the U-M campus. But because the state considers it an environmen- tal pollutant, some cleanup is required. Gelman Sciences will reduce the amount of dioxane to safe levels, then…
… potential water issues, including Ann Arbor’s dioxane plume. Computer Showcase demo WHAT: This workshoop will demo built-in features, system settings and everyday products to facilate work done for…
… Yousef Rabhi (D) also discussed the safety of the Ann Arbor well water supply, where a plume of 1,4-dioxane-contaminated groundwater is being monitored to prevent human consumption. Dioxane has…
… percent of men at the University who were screened in a U-SHAPE survey were found to have an eating dis- See DIET, Page 3 Council to address possible dioxane contamination in A2 groundwater Work…
… mov- ing forward with the plume of toxic 1,4-dioxane in the city’s groundwa- ter during a Monday working ses- sion. The contaminated plume — located underground in Scio Town- ship and Ann Arbor…
… 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…
… calls for action from members of the public. Current DEQ cleanup standards for dioxane are set at 85 parts per billion in groundwater, despite the fact that EPA guidelines state that…
…. 4 concerns dioxane on BY KEVIN WOODSON Last night, at a public hearing, Washtenaw County residents voiced their concern to the federal EPA about a proposed permit modification which would allow…
…,4- dioxane. Arthur Moretta, team leader of the Permit Unit of Underground Injection Control, of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the current Gelman permit. applies to non-hazardous, processed waste…
… ability to feel safe and healthy while enjoying the natural resources around them. While some feel powerless to address issues like the dioxane plume, I am not alone in feel- ing the University of…
… community and its members, ensuring they have access to the resources needed to live healthy and fulfilling lives. Issues like the dioxane plume dispropor- tionately affect communities of color and…
… 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…
… the city’s surrounding groundwater with the toxic substance 1,4-dioxane. Gelman, acquired by Pall Life Sciences in 1997, is currently held by the Danaher Corporation, who acquired it…
… release that in 2001, the city discovered one of its water supply wells contained trace amounts of the 1,4 Dioxane chemical during routine testing. The chemical was used as a manu- facturing solvent at Pall…
… Life Sci- ences's plant and was disposed of in uncontained lagoons. These lagoons are not lined with sealants to isolate the chemicals from surrounding water. The 1,4 Dioxane leaked from a lagoon into…
…3 NEWS Thursday, June 28, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com City faces legal costs for Gelman dioxane plume Contract with law firm now $445,000 By RACHEL CUNNINGHAM Summer Daily News…
… Editor Ann Arbor City Council will see an increase in legal costs regarding clean-up efforts of the 1,4 dioxane plume con- taminating the area’s ground- water. 1,4 dioxane is a carcinogen- ic organic…
… successful (the) EPA has been with respect to other dioxane sites in Michigan, what we could hope to achieve by obtaining that designation and frankly what risks we’d run by doing this.” Scio…
… groundwater safety standards for 1,4-dioxane to be in line with EPA cancer risk guidelines, which would grant the Michigan Attorney General standing to take new legal action against Pall Corporation for…
… families that had to drink bottled water, and shower in motels for ten months because of the unac- eeptable levels of dioxane in their water were not victims of a "bad image." Gelman should be less concerned…
… injurious to human health. The DNR classifies dioxane as a "threshold" type car- cinogen, which means that it is dangerous at any level. Gelman has a vested interest in maintaining that certain levels of…
… customers should not have been the businesses, but the people of this great state,” Petainen added. 1,4-dioxane has been linked to cancer and can cause nervous, liver and kidney damage in large…
… amounts. The Environmental Protection Agency linked a dioxane concentration of 3.5 parts per billion in groundwater to a one in 100,000 incidence rate of cancer in a 2010 report. According to…
… government agencies together to discuss how best to solve the problem. “The Gelman dioxane plume has been a problem in Washtenaw County for far too long,” Dingell said. “As local leaders work…
… & CALDER LEWIS Daily Staff Reporters ANNIE KLUSENDORF/Daily Rep. Debbie Dingell listens during the community meeting on the Gelman dioxane plume at the Washtenaw County Learning…
… regarding the Gelman Plume. According to Washtenaw County’s website, the Gelman Plume is the spread of the contaminant 1,4 dioxane throughout the county groundwater that is contaminating…
… 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…
…," Ryan said. Spalding Clark, Scio Township commissioner, said Gelman Sciences (now called Pall/Gelman Sciences) was for several decades disposing of 1,4 dioxane by dumping it. "They were literally spraying…
… it on their lawns, Clark said. This dioxane, which is carcinogenic, has since contaminated the Scio Township groundwater. Contaminated water must be pumped up and treated. The dioxane is a byproduct…
… question pertaining to the city’s dioxane plume issue, Frenzel strongly criticized the state’s Department of Environmental Quality for its failure to control the spread of the plume. “The…
… dioxane plume has been a known issue for 35 plus years,” Frenzel said. “It’s basically a status quo, and that’s extremely unfortunate. As an environmentalist, we know that the DEQ has been…
… support in the areas surrounding the University of Michigan, earning 34 percent of the overall Republican vote in Washtenaw Ann Arbor Twp. pursues superfund designation for dioxane plume By…
… BRIAN KUANG Daily Staff Reporter Ann Arbor Charter Township is exploring the possibility of petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to designate a local dioxane plume contaminating…
… wastewater," the term would c nonhazardous is misleading. Gelman's ception a vwastestream contains 1,4-dioxane, the -Whe chemical that has contaminated nearby well wa ,groundwater. The long-term health ef…
…- debate o - fects of dioxane, which has been been ade demonstrated to cause cancerous tu- not yet mors in animals, are still unknown. possible Whether or not dioxane should be grounda classified as…
… setting in motion the federal cleanup process for the decades-old 1,4-dioxane plume contaminating Ann Arbor’s groundwater system. “As requested by the communities, please reinitiate…
… its moniker from the late Charles Gelman, a manufacturer of micro-porous filters in Ann Arbor in the 1950s. The chemical 1,4-dioxane — a likely carcinogen found to cause kidney and liver cancer…
… Tim Connors from May 3 through May 5 to weigh in on potential changes to the cleanup plan for Ann Arbor’s decades-old dioxane plume. The Gelman plume is an accumulation of pollution…
…, specifically the chemical 1,4-dioxane, that has existed in Ann Arbor groundwater for nearly four decades. Negotiations for cleaning up the plume have been ongoing for over four years — the relevant…
… primarily responsible for overseeing the polluter’s remediation efforts. However, the discovery last week of 1,4-dioxane in the shallow groundwater at Waterworks Park by the MDEQ has sparked new…
… in Waterworks Park were in concentrations of 2 to 3 parts per billion. 1,4-dioxane carries carcinogenic risk at 3.5 parts per billion, according to Environmental Protection Agency…
… contamination from the Gelman Dioxane plume. During public comment, multiple community members spoke regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, condemning U.S. military aid to Israel. Anti- Israel…
… Environmental Protection Agency listing the site of the Gelman Plume, the spread of dioxane in groundwater contaminating drinking water, as a “Superfund” site, which would begin a long-term cleanup by…
… cleanup. Groundwater pollution originating at Gelman Sci- ences has spread beyond Scio Town- ship and is infiltrating Ann Arbor. The main pollutant is 1,4-dioxane - a known carcinogen. The Michigan…
… ppb.) The Allen Drain is 60 years old, leaks,andperiodicallyruptures.Flood- ing along its course is common. This cleanup plan risks exposing people, animals, parkland and private property to 1,4dioxane…
… Assistant Attorney General Edward Reichel, is beyond the scope the original suit filed by Gelman. ean-up Two years ago, 16 families re- portedly had their well water contaminated by 1,4-dioxane, a by…
… dioxane pollution. Reichel said Gelman has submit- ted no studies to prove it is not the sole dioxane polluter in the area. He said a lot of the data collected around the site showed that Gelman was re…
… ranking Gelman from Gelman as two miles, are Sciences Inc. as the second worst polluted with high traces of polluter in this state. Contamination dioxane. because of inadequate storage of Gelman does not…
… well at Gelman student discovered traces of 1,4- Sciences, Ann Arbor sewer system dioxane in the water samples. or treating it and later releasing it Dioxane is known to cause nose into surface stream…
… Bannister, D-Ward 1, discussed her concerns with the development impinging on the dioxane plume treatment site. “I am very convinced by three experts who have told us that this property is a key…
… location for remediation of the plume,” Bannister said. “It is near the main plume the source site of the dioxane and it is the best location, that I’m aware of, to pump and treat this chemical out of…
… forward toward solu- tions for on-going issues such as the dioxane plume and the lack of transparency around the proposed train station development. “There are some members who are more independent…
… take immediate action toward addressing the spreading dioxane plume dealing with issues of transparency concerning the $500 million AT A GLANCE U-M MEDICAL SCHOOL Sponsored Awards to Support…
… local groundwater well. According to the law- suit, between the mid-1960s through the 1980s, the Life Sciences group contam- inated the well with 1,4 dioxane, a pos- sible human carcinogen and industrial…
… solvent used in the manufacturing of medical filters. Consequently, over 18 million square feet of the dioxane cont- aminant is spreading under Ann Arbor's Veterans Memorial Park. While there is little…
…,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…
… than 100 private drinking wells. The city has also become increasingly worried that the plume will reach Barton Pond, where the city gets its water and where trace amounts of dioxane were detected…
… 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…
… shallow groundwater contaminated with the toxic compound 1,4-dioxane in October, the city of Ann Arbor took steps to pursue new legal action against the responsible party Tuesday night. City…
… expressed skepticism as to whether Concern arises over discovery of shallow contamination in water City Council votes to further legal action in dioxane case in special session BRIAN KUANG Daily Staff…
… regarding the dioxane plume. The state has recently stepped forward to assume more responsibility in cleaning up the plume by tightening its standards of how much dioxane can be permitted within…
… wells contained trace amounts of the 1,4 Dioxane chemical during routine testing. The chemical was used as a manufac- turing solvent at Pall Life Sciences plant and was disposed of in uncontained lagoons…
…- mental and health standards," she said. The well which was used mainly dur- since the chemical was discovered. The Unit E toxic plume - the meas- urable discharge of the regulated chemi- cal 1,4 Dioxane…
… manufacturing plant, located off Wagner Road between Jackson and Liberty streets. A 1988 lawsuit, filed by the DNR, charges Gelman with permit- ting the potentially carcinogenic solvent, 1,4-dioxane, to leak…
… dioxane. The DNR's demand for Gelman to restore the site to pre-contamination levels is unfair, Levitt said, because the cost would be exorbitant and other parties were involved. "We feel we were not alone…
… 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…
… collaboration The Ann Arbor City Council discussed involving the Environmental Protection Agency in cleaning up the Gelman dioxane plume as well as altering the makeup of the Independent Community Police…
… variety of ideas, including a website to inform the local residents about the three-mile-long dioxane plume in Ann Arbor and how clean the water sources are, an app that simplified the language in…
… said. Affordable housing and cleanup of dioxane plume top issues at event By BRIAN KUANG Daily Staff Reporter In a debate hosted by students at the Ford School of Public Policy Wednesday…
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… sites involve purging the con- taminated ground water. Water from the core is proposed to be treated with UV/Oxidation to 100 parts per billion 1,4-dioxane, which is stated in a publi- cation by GSI as…
… management policy (like the EPA or Dioxane. years there were no regulations. the DNR) defined with the Bob Buker, vice-president of cor- People never thought it would be a inevitability of people dying of…
