![]() ![]() “I just wanted to make sure that if I go into a business I could wash my hands or anything like that,” he said. He said he’s worked on this route more than 8 years and now he’s concerned about his health. Postal worker Guy Podzorski pulled up in his vehicle, got out and talked to some of the officials. Officials from Madison Heights, EGLE and even the Environmental Protection Agency monitored the progress. Last Thursday, contractors drilled into the ground to test nearby soil to see how far the hexavalent chromium had spread. Related: Cleanup Continues at ‘Green Ooze’ site in Madison Heights Greenberg says EGLE thinks the concentration would be too diluted to be harmful by the time it reached the Great Lakes, but she says, “tests are ongoing and we do want to find out where this contaminant is traveling.” Clair where drinking water is pulled from. That’s because the drinking water is part of the Great Lakes Water Authority and is piped in from elsewhere.īut some local officials, like Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller, are worried that harmful levels of the contaminant may flow into storm sewers and travel through creeks and rivers to Lake St. “There’s no imminent threat to anywhere in this area that’s drinking municipal water” says EGLE spokesperson Jill Greenberg. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy, the state regulator known as EGLE, says the drinking water in the area is safe to drink. “There’s no imminent threat to anywhere in this area that’s drinking municipal water.” – Jill Greenberg, EGLE ![]() “We’re definitely drinking bottled water, which is an extra expense, which we feel upset about. But we got to do what we got to do,” says Stack. The siblings say they’re afraid to drink their tap water. “People were telling us ‘Oh that’s poison… that’s poison!’ and I was just like ‘Wait, what? This is just coming out of the ground?’” says Stack. ![]() She and her sister live about 100 yards away from the contaminated site. “Once we saw it online, especially pictures of it, we felt like ‘Oh gosh,’” says Hazel Park resident, Christina Stack. The holiday fell just 11 days after motorists reported seeing a mysterious green ooze spilling out onto the I-696 service drive in Madison Heights, just east of I-75. Bartender Jaimie Kraczkowski says the drink, created by the bar’s owner, was very popular on New Year’s Eve. ![]()
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