01/03/23

New study: Northeastern Wisconsin PFAS plume moves into Green Bay via groundwater

Sea Grant-funded research has found PFAS and PFOA, known as forever chemicals and detrimental to human health, have spread into the Great Lakes via a contaminated site in northeastern Wisconsin.

02/14/22

Great Lakes tributary rivers play important role in bringing PFAS to the drinking water source of millions

Sea Grant-funded research shows that large rivers can be an important source of PFAS to lakes, even if their PFAS concentrations are low.

11/11/19

Tea and sunlight: Exploring how nature breaks down pollution in the St. Louis River

Researchers funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant have found that various amounts and types of dissolved organic matter combined with sunlight can break down different pollutants in the St. Louis River.