… 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…
… 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…
… 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…
… 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…
… 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…
… 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…
… 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…
… 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…
… 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…
… 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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… dioxane plume — a widely debated city issue — while Warpehoski insists city and county authorities pursue the federal option only if it can be better handled by federal authorities than by Michigan…
… from partisan to nonpartisan voting as well as change terms from two to four years in length, the dioxane plume and council transparency. The three candidates expressed polar views on certain…
… water sources. At the heels of an investigation regarding a plume of dioxane — a carcinogenic chemical that has made its way into the Huron River — an Ann Arbor Public Works crew member discovered…
…,4-dioxane underneath Washtenaw County. The plume has contaminated groundwater and is expected by local officials to reach the Huron River in the coming decades. Though the Michigan Department of…
…,4-dioxane are insufficient. “Michigan statutes are not aimed at getting a cleanup of pollution, but rather managing the risk of pollution, and those are wildly different concepts,” Moran said, adding…
… the toxin 1,4-dioxane found in local groundwater further highlights his desire to protect the safety of the people of Ann Arbor as well as wildlife in the area. With all of this said, we…
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…–Ward 5) echoed many of Bri- ere’s points, adding that he is dis- appointed in DEQ’s continued failure to update its 1,4-dioxane standards, and that there is a lack of trust in the community of DEQ…
