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"MI Environment Digest - April 7, 2023"
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Watch out for that oil slick ? it could be alive [ [link removed] ]

"April 7, 2023"

In large numbers, snow fleas? dark bodies can look like oil up against the white snow.

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A swarm of snow fleas on melting snow gather in numbers large enough to resemble an oil spill.
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Asbestos removal continues: Over 69K notifications in 2022 [ [link removed] ]

"April 7, 2023"

EGLE asbestos inspectors in 2022 received over 69,000 asbestos demolition/renovation notifications and modifications to notifications.

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Asbestos statistics from 2022: 69,176 original and revised notifications received; 1,726 inspections; and 92 violation notices.
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Career Series: Fast Five with Lois Graham, recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award from Michigan Environmental Health Association [ [link removed] ]

"April 6, 2023"

MEHA?s Lifetime Achievement award honors exceptional contributions to the environmental health profession over the course of a career.

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Lois Graham holds the LaRue Miller Lifetime Achievement award.
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The material is the message: Michigan artist creates with plastic trash [ [link removed] ]

"April 5, 2023"

Artist hopes people will feel inspired to make more sustainable choices.

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Art at Sea Life Aquarium made from microplastics by Michigan artist Hannah Tizedes.
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Breaking down the problem of microplastics in the Great Lakes [ [link removed] ]

"April 4, 2023"

Collaborative strategies are underway to address debris from consumer products found throughout lakes.

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Microplastics found on a Great lakes beach. Photo courtesy of Eileen Stegemann.
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