A Planet Detroit analysis revealed detectable levels of PFAS contaminants in 59 areas across southeast Michigan.
Environment
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
How to test your drinking water for PFAS in metro Detroit
If you’re concerned about PFAS in your drinking water, you can order a test kit to find out (but it won’t come cheap).
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
Can you avoid PFAS in water, air, fish and consumer products? What we know
PFAS are everywhere, from the water we drink to the air we breathe, consumer products we use and the fish in our waterways.
Posted inEnvironment, Jobs & Economic Development
A robot is helping turn food waste into compost in Detroit
The nonprofit composting service Scrap Soils is testing the effectiveness of using an autonomous robot to transport food to be composted.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Environment
JB’s Bites: Food compost robot
BridgeDetroit food writer Jena Brooker writes on a composting pilot with an autonomous robot, the latest food headlines and this week’s pop-ups.
Posted inEnvironment
Michigan HOAs can’t ban solar panels under newly passed bill
Some homeowners associations ban residents from installing solar panels, electric vehicle charging stations and other green upgrades. A new bill would change that.
Posted inEnvironment
Invasive spotted lanternfly confirmed in Michigan — second time since 2022
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has detected a population of spotted lanternflies in Monroe County. The invasive insects excrete a sticky liquid that can grow a ‘sooty mold’ deadly to plants.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Environment
Detroit announces first 3 neighborhoods for city solar plan
DTE slated to develop half of the city’s solar projects. Residents in other possible project areas would be given a chance to sell homes.
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
Black Detroit children with asthma hardest hit by seasonal allergies
The problems are exacerbated by worsening seasonal allergies as heat-trapping pollution drives temperatures upward.
Posted inEnvironment
Detroit heat wave could be the worst in 20 years
High overnight temperatures and poor air quality could increase health risk.