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Press ReleaseNew Children's Car Seat Report Shows Outdated Federal Flammability Standard Unnecessarily Exposes Lower Income Children to Toxic Chemicals.

Affordable U.S. child car seats have more flame retardant chemicals than similar European car seats
More than 40 U.S. models without added chemical hazards are available,...

DTE Energy Waste Reduction Case Settlement Helps The Most Vulnerable Customers

 For years, the Ecology Center has worked tirelessly alongside its partners to ensure that DTE, Michigan’s largest utility, meets the needs of millions of statewide...

Three Alternatives to Toxic Mardi Gras Throws

No object screams bacchanalian melee quite like the beaded throws chucked at revelers along the Mardi Gras parade route each spring during Carnival. In New...

Test Your Products for PFAS with a Water Droplet

 PFAS are everywhere. Recently, our partners at Toxic-Free Future found 72% of products labeled stain- and water-resistant contain PFAS. (Read the report here.)
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Support Michigan's Healthy Climate Plan

The Michigan Council on Climate Solutions (Climate Council), alongside other experts and stakeholders, have been working under the leadership of the Department of Environment, Great...

Press ReleaseEV Infrastructure and Purchase Incentives Part of Transportation Recommendations in Draft MI Healthy Climate Plan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Transportation will look different in Michigan – and that’s a good thing – under recommendations in the 

Press ReleaseConsumers Energy Receives Poor Grades from Advocates on Planned Gas Investments

A coalition of clean energy, environmental justice, and consumer advocacy organizations released a report card analyzing Consumers Energy’s 15-year Integrated Resource Plan

Press ReleaseMichigan Should Power Grid With Renewables, Reduce Energy Use, Boost Electrification in State Climate Plan

LANSING, Mich. – Nearly 30 Michigan organizations and more than 450 individuals and counting outlined key recommendations to use less energy, power the grid with...

All Michigan Children Should Be Tested for Lead at One and Two Years of Age

 Thousands of Michigan children are lead poisoned each year and nothing is done about it… because no one even knows it’s happening. Not even their...

Press ReleaseEnvironmental, community justice, labor groups urge Congress to finish the job, pass Build Back Better Act

DETROIT, Mich. — As President Biden visits General Motors’ Factory ZERO to tout the bipartisan infrastructure bill, Michigan environmental advocates, labor unions and community justice groups...

Press ReleaseCoalition calls for historic $600 million investment in Michigan’s electric vehicle infrastructure, workforce training

 LANSING- From electric vehicle infrastructure to workforce training and cleaner school buses, a diverse coalition of organizations and industries today called on the Michigan Legislature to...

Press ReleaseWhitmer’s New Directive Sets a National Precedent for PFAS-free State Procurement

The Ecology Center praised an executive directive issued by Governor Whitmer today to limit the purchase of products containing PFAS by the state of Michigan....

Michigan’s On-Going Lead Poisoning Crisis

 The Ecology Center’s work in addressing lead contamination in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region, and how you can support ending lead poisoning during National...

Filter First! Ensuring Safe and Lead-Free Drinking Water in Schools with Filtered Drinking Water Stations

When school drinking water is sampled and analyzed, it is not uncommon for schools to find lead in many different water sources. This happens because,...

Let "There Is No Safe Level of Exposure to Lead" Be Your Mantra

 On March 14, 2019, the Ecology Center joined our partners in the Michigan Alliance for Lead Safe Homes (MiLASH) to connect constituents to over fifty...