In 2007 the Minnesota Legislature (Minnesota Statute 144.998) directed the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to conduct four biomonitoring pilot projects: South Minneapolis Children’s Arsenic Study East Metro PFC Biomonitoring Pilot Project (also see: East Metro PFC Biomonitoring Follow-up Project) Riverside Prenatal Biomonitoring Pilot Project Lake Superior Mercury Project SeeContinue Reading
Ice Fishing Clinic Volunteers Needed (Metro Area and Central MN) There are many people living in Minnesota that have never tried ice fishing. MinnAqua needs volunteers to assist with a variety of ice fishing programs by sharing their knowledge and expertise with participants. Programs take place throughout the 7-county metroContinue Reading
Minnesota attorney general Lori Swanson is determined to hold the 3M Company, one of the world’s largest multinational corporations based near St. Paul, responsible for years of environmental pollution that tainted the Mississippi River and contaminated water supplies in the east-metro area of the Twin Cities. Swanson recently filed aContinue Reading