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Michael Hawthorne

Michael Hawthorne

Investigative Reporter at Chicago Tribune

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  • English
Covering topics
  • Environment
  • Health & Medicine

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Recent Articles

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As microplastics pollute every corner of the Great Lakes, scientists push governments to combat t...

Plastics just keep getting smaller, and potentially more harmful to humans, fish and wildlife. Even the most remote areas of the Great Lakes aren’t spared.
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Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging o...

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics produced.
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Illinois law is the first in the Great Lakes region to designate in...

Illinois law is the first in the Great Lakes region to designate industrial plastic pellets as pollution
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Microplastics linger inside people and animals, multiple studies sh...

Scientists are exploring whether microplastics contribute to or cause Parkinson’s disease, impaired fertility, premature births, certain cancers and developmental problems in children.
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Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging o...

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics produced.
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Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging o...

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics produced.
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As plastics clog the Great Lakes, industry presses to make more and...

As plastics clog the Great Lakes, industry presses to make more and downplays dangers, Tribune analysis finds
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Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging o...

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics produced.
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Illinois coal plants get Trump exemptions from Biden-era rule limit...

If the Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act survives Trump’s promised legal challenge, Vistra and NRG plants would need to shut down by 2030.
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Trump organization to pay $4.8M to settle fish-kill lawsuit against...

Eight months after a Cook County judge found Trump Tower repeatedly violated clean water laws, the president’s business operators agreed Thursday to pay $4.8 million to settle lawsuits allegi…
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Trump EPA gutting limits on certain forever chemicals, delaying dea...

PFOA and PFOS have been found in the drinking water of 200 million Americans, including 6 out of 10 Illinoisans.