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Environmentalists want Arcadia Bluffs to remove golf balls from Lake Michigan

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Environmentalists are calling for Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club to remove golf balls from Lake Michigan. Arcadia Bluffs is a popular course north of Manistee.

According to The Detroit Free Press thousands of balls have been hit into the water around the course. Lisa Wozniak, executive director of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, says those golf balls are bad for the lake.

“Golf balls that are made of synthetic rubber and have additives like zinc oxide and zinc acrylate in them. These are compounds that are known to be highly toxic,” she says.

It's unclear how much, if any, damage the golf balls are doing to the lake, but Wozniak says Arcadia Bluffs should investigate any pollution and clean it up.

A representative of Arcadia Bluffs could not be immediately reached for comment.

Max came to IPR in 2017 as an environmental intern. In 2018, he returned to the station as a reporter and quickly took on leadership roles as Interim News Director and eventually Assignment Editor. Before joining IPR, Max worked as a news director and reporter at Michigan State University's student radio station WDBM. In 2018, he reported on a Title IX dispute with MSU in his story "Prompt, Thorough and Impartial." His work has also been heard on Michigan Radio, WDBM and WKAR in East Lansing and NPR.