Michigan to study PFAS exposure in West Michigan towns
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services leads MiPEHS, a multi year study tracking PFAS exposure and health outcomes in Parchment and Cooper Township in Kalamazoo County and Belmont and Rockford in Kent County from 2020 to 2026. About 130 participants are enrolled with a target of 4000, using a longitudinal design to repeatedly measure PFAS levels and health data.
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Michigan school leaders press for more federal funding
Michigan educators from Ottawa to St. Clair counties held a roundtable urging Congress to supply sustained federal money with fewer restrictions to cover cleaning, summer programs, and staffing needs. They warned of continuing pandemic learning losses and called for long term investment including teachers, nurses, social workers, and counselors.
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Senate passes STORM Act to aid shoreline erosion relief
The STORM Act 2020 would let FEMA help states form revolving loan funds for communities hit by shoreline erosion or to add coastal resilience measures. Senators Peters Johnson Stabenow Lankford sponsored with bi partisan support. Great Lakes water levels remain elevated though below last year. The bill moves to the House for consideration.
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