… 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…
… 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…
… 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…
… ways in which Michigan will face the climate crisis washed over me. It might not be as dramatic as a hurricane, but our access to clean water (already threatened by oil spills, lead, dioxane…
… for MLive and the Ann Arbor News. Last week, Savabieasfahani said her platform would be focused on advocating for the immediate cleanup of the Gelman Dioxane plume and PFAS contamination in…
… Ann Arbor. Savabieasfahani said she did not support putting the site of the Gelman Dioxane plume on the Environmental Protection Agency’s list as a Superfund site. “It takes up to 30 years for…
…, EGLE is in charge of making sure the level of the toxic dioxane chemical stays below a certain level and does not harm Ann Arbor residents. The meeting then moved to city and county officials…
… Ann Arbor City Councilmember Zachary Ackerman (D-Ward 3) welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision. He said the community would be fighting for a full cleanup of the dioxane to prevent it from…
… and road salt. In addition, Steve Manville of the Washtenaw Evironmental Health Depart- ment said dioxane - a common, water- soluble, industrial solvent from the nearby Gelman Sciences plant - has…
…’s dioxane, and we all have a massive contamination problem in our state, which is why we need laws like the one I introduced last year to make polluters pay to clean up their messes. And that’s a…
