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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will measure Michiganders' exposure to nearly 200 different chemicals. (Image: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services)

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Michigan to sample blood, urine for first statewide chemical exposure project

Ellie Katz

The state wants to better understand Michiganders' exposure to nearly 200 different chemicals, including lead, mercury and PFAS.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park is home to prehistoric petroglyphs, a form of rock art made by carving, picking or otherwise removing part of a rock's surface.

Stateside: Contaminated Detroit River site collapse; Sanilac petroglyphs; reviving the Tiki cocktail

Stateside Staff

Today on Stateside , a team from Emory University is in Michigan this week to take blood samples from people who were exposed to polybrominated...

The sites of the Velsicol Superfund sites in St. Louis Michigan.

Michigan Environment

Michigan's toxic 1973 PBB food contamination associated with more health effects

Rebecca Williams

Researchers find there could be more health effects lingering decades after a toxic contamination of Michigan’s food supply.

Emory University researchers have found that six out of 10 Michiganders tested still have elevated PBB levels.

Michigan Environment

Michiganders still have elevated PBB levels in their bodies 40 years after chemical accident

Rebecca Williams

In 1973, a plant owned by Velsicol Chemical made a mistake and shipped a toxic flame retardant chemical to a livestock feed plant. The chemical is...

The former Velsicol Chemical Corp. plant site in St. Louis, Michigan. The Michigan Chemical Company (which later became Velsicol) accidentally poisoned the food supply when it shipped flame-retardant chemicals to livestock farms around the state.

Michigan Environment

40 years after toxic mix-up, researchers continue to study Michiganders poisoned by PBB

Rebecca Williams

More than 40 years ago, people in Michigan were poisoned. Researchers are still following those people today. In 1973, a fire-retardant chemical called...