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Erin Brockovich speaks with worried residents
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. (WOOD) — The PFAS contamination plaguing Northern Kent County has caught the attention of environmental activist Erin Brockovich. On Saturday afternoon, she addressed worried...
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Snyder: A lot of unknowns remain in toxic tap water probe
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — Gov. Rick Snyder says the PFAS contamination Michigan is dealing with now may only be the beginning. “What’s going on in Kent County is one of the most serious in the state,”...
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Michigan governments sue to recover costs tied to opioids
DETROIT (AP) — Cities and counties across Michigan are the latest to sue drug companies and retailers over the consequences of excessive opioid use. They want the companies to reimburse local...
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High PFAS levels push city water plan in Algoma Twp.
ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Tests have found high levels of PFAS, a likely carcinogen, at 31 homes in the southern part of Algoma Township, as far as two miles from Wolverine Worldwide’s former...
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Snyder signs bill with $23M to address PFAS contamination
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a $52.8 million supplemental budget bill that includes money to respond to an emerging chemical contaminant found across Michigan. The law enacted...
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Soaring overdose deaths cut US life expectancy for 2nd year
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 percent last year, and for the second straight year dragged down how long Americans are expected to live. The government figures released...
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Wolverine expands toxic tap water testing area
ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — Wolverine Worldwide is expanding the sampling area of residential wells for likely carcinogens. In January, crews will start testing residential wells 1,500 feet on either...
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Delays in case frustrate alleged victims of missionary doctor
GRAND HAVEN (WOOD) — The women identified as sexual assault victims of a former missionary doctor decades ago in Bangladesh say they never got their justice. They thought that would finally change...
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China: US should curb demand for opioids, not blame China
BEIJING (AP) — The United States should look within to cut down demand for opioids which are fueling its deadly drug crisis rather than stressing unsubstantiated claims that China is the major source...
View ArticlePoll: Drinking water safety top issue for MI voters
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Drinking water safety is the top infrastructure concern among Michigan voters, a new EPIC-MRA survey finds. The survey released Tuesday was commissioned by the Fix MI...
View ArticleDoctor: Level of PFAS in toddler’s blood ‘way high’
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Seth and Tobyn McNaughton said they are struck by this thought: Chemicals dumped decades ago by Wolverine Worldwide are now in the blood of their 20-month-old son...
View ArticleMichigan sets PFAS standard for water testing
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan environmental regulators have adopted a state standard for emerging chemical contaminants that are being found in drinking water, a move they say will let them take...
View Article‘Not right:’ Drivers can’t get fix for faulty air bags
CLARKSVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — When Pam Casteel heard this week that Japanese manufacturer Takata would add 3.3 million air bags to its already giant recall, she couldn’t believe it. “I’m thinking to...
View ArticleDEQ sues to formalize toxic tap water response
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The state has taken legal action to make sure Wolverine Worldwide keeps complying with orders in and funding the response to the toxic tap water crisis in Kent County. The...
View ArticlePFAS blood tests do little to confirm fears, ease concerns
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s a number that has added to the fear and anxiety of families in northern Kent County: 484,000 parts per trillion, the level of a likely carcinogen in 20-month-old Jack...
View ArticleCostly conundrum: How to defend Michigan’s poor
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Studies show Michigan is among the worst states in the country at protecting the constitutional rights of poor criminal defendants. New statewide standards are expected to...
View ArticleSmall amount of PFAS in Sparta municipal well
SPARTA, Mich. (WOOD) — The northwest Kent County village of Sparta has stopped using one of the wells that feeds its municipal water system after tests found it contained a small amount of a chemical...
View ArticleWolverine ordered to clean up arsenic, other chemicals
ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — Federal authorities are cracking down on dangerous levels of hazardous chemicals other than PFAS, the likely carcinogen at the center of a toxic tap water crisis, that have...
View ArticleKey witness ignored in Wolverine dump site investigation
ALGOMA TOWNSHIP (WOOD) — Wolverine Worldwide has cleared itself from any involvement in one of the reported PFAS dump sites without interviewing the man who said he dumped there, Target 8 has learned....
View ArticleLarry Nassar case: Did MSU enable a predator?
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — All week, the nation has heard powerful statements from survivors of sexual abuse by former Michigan State University and Team USA Olympic sports doctor Larry Nassar. Many...
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