In March, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program is joining with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to encourage Michiganders to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits during National Nutrition Month. The 2023 theme, Fuel…
The public hearing scheduled for 5:30 PM ET and the regular monthly meeting scheduled for 6:00 PM ET on Monday, February 27, 2023, have been relocated to Michigan Tech Lakeshore Center Community Room, 600 E. Lakeshore Drive, Houghton, MI 49931. Both meetings will be available via Google Meet. Information on connecting to either of these…
Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties, MI – The Western Upper PeninsulaHealth Department (WUPHD) has scheduled a public hearing on February 27th, at 5:30 PM (ET) to hearpublic comments on the proposed Upper Peninsula Environmental Health Code. The proposed document updates the current well and onsite septic construction code that has been inplace since…
Michigan releases new fish consumption guidelines for rainbow smelt and carp caught in various lakes
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has released new Eat Safe Fish guidelines for rainbow smelt and carp from seven different lakes across the state. The updated Eat Safe Fish guidelines recommend limiting the consumption of certain locally caught smelt and carp based on levels of chemicals found in the commonly eaten…
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared January 2023 as Radon Action Month in Michigan, and she encourages all Michigan residents to learn more about this environmental hazard and test their homes during the heating season. You cannot see, smell, or taste radon, and there are no short-term side effects that could cause alarm or warn of its presence.…
Hancock, MI – The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) is opening a 30-day public comment period on the updated U.P. Environmental Health Code. The Environmental Health code primarily oversees the permitting and construction of on-site sewage systems and water wells in Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties. After being presented with numerous letters…