This brochure for owners of small livestock farms details information about the problems posed by unwanted or expired veterinary medicine on the farm or in the home, and provides comprehensive guidance about proper disposal using take-back programs or an appropriate alternative method. This brochure was created in collaboration with the American Veterinary Medical Association.

References:

1. Announcing: The Top 10 Pet Toxins. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. https://www.aspca.org/news/announcing-top-10-pet-toxins. Accessed 28 September 2021.
2. Kaczala, F. and S.E. Blum. 2016. The occurrence of veterinary pharmaceuticals in the environment: a review. Current Analytical Chemistry. 12:169-182. https://dx.doi.org/10.2174%2F1573411012666151009193108.
3. Dodgen, L.K., W.R. Kelly, S.V. Panno, S.J. Taylor, D.L. Armstrong, K.N. Wiles, Y. Zhang, and W. Zheng. 2017. Characterizing pharmaceutical, personal care product, and hormone contamination in a karst aquifer of southwestern Illinois, USA, using water quality and stream flow parameters. Science of the Total Environment. 578:281-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.103.
4. Ebele, A.J., M.A. Abdallah, and S. Harrad. 2017. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the freshwater aquatic environment. Emerging Contaminants. 3(1):1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2016.12.004.
5. Aliko, V., R.S. Korriku, M. Pagano, and C. Faggio. 2021. Double-edged sword: Fluoxetine and ibuprofen as development jeopardizers and apoptosis’ inducers in common toad, Bufo bufo, tadpoles. Science of The Total Environment. 776 (145945). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145945.
6. https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/where-and-how-dispose-unused-medicines. Accessed 28 September 2021.

This brochure for pet owners details information about the problems posed by unwanted or expired veterinary medicine in the home, and provides comprehensive guidance about proper disposal using take-back programs or an appropriate alternative method. This brochure was created in collaboration with the American Veterinary Medical Association.

References:

1. Announcing: The Top 10 Pet Toxins. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. https://www.aspca.org/news/announcing-top-10-pet-toxins. Accessed 28 September 2021.
2. Kaczala, F. and S.E. Blum. 2016. The occurrence of veterinary pharmaceuticals in the environment: a review. Current Analytical Chemistry. 12:169-182. https://dx.doi.org/10.2174%2F1573411012666151009193108.
3. Dodgen, L.K., W.R. Kelly, S.V. Panno, S.J. Taylor, D.L. Armstrong, K.N. Wiles, Y. Zhang, and W. Zheng. 2017. Characterizing pharmaceutical, personal care product, and hormone contamination in a karst aquifer of southwestern Illinois, USA, using water quality and stream flow parameters. Science of the Total Environment. 578:281-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.103.
4. Ebele, A.J., M.A. Abdallah, and S. Harrad. 2017. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the freshwater aquatic environment. Emerging Contaminants. 3(1):1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2016.12.004.
   Aliko, V., R.S. Korriku, M. Pagano, and C. Faggio. 2021. Double-edged sword: Fluoxetine and ibuprofen as development jeopardizers and apoptosis’ inducers in common toad, Bufo bufo, tadpoles. Science of The Total Environment. 776 (145945). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145945.
5. https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/where-and-how-dispose-unused-medicines. Accessed 28 September 2021.

This report provides an overview of the current state of scientific knowledge concerning PFAS, as well as a concise assessment of current and potential impacts of its continued use. It also focuses on exposure pathways impacting the health of the people, organisms, and environment in Indiana and the region and provides recommendations regarding pressing challenges and how we can work to reduce the presence of PFAS while also limiting exposure and negative impacts. Initiated and produced through Purdue University’s Institute for a Sustainable Future, this report was researched and drafted in collaboration with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, state and regional organizations, as well as scientists from multiple Indiana academic institutions including Purdue University, Indiana University-Bloomington, and the University of Notre Dame, and Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

To view the report, please visit Purdue’s Institute for a Sustainable Future at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=isfdocs

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s annual magazine.

This issue highlights:

• Swimming Safer: Sharing knowledge, data, and resources
• IISG interns can have invaluable real world experience
• Spelling out nature’s benefits helps inform land use decisions
• Largemouth bass in the busy Chicago River are seeking out natural areas
• Educators explore water quality along the Wild Mile
• We’re funding new research to address emerging coastal issues

The role of the Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative (CSMI) is to direct enhanced monitoring and research activities across each of the Laurentian Great Lakes to provide relevant information to address the science priorities of each Lake Partnership (established under the Lakewide Management Annex of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement). CSMI is an intensive effort to collect information on the health of one Great Lake each year, cycling through the lakes on a five-year period. In 2020/2021, it was Lake Michigan’s turn (over a two-year period due to COVID). This is an executive summary of the 2020/2021 research results and the associated white paper containing more specific information.

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s annual magazine.

This issue highlights:

• Green infrastructure helps communities—large and small—be ready for the future
• With a Hydrolab, students study their own environment
• Study finds PFAS in all tested Lake Michigan sportfish and their prey
• Aquaponics offers high schoolers a hands-on way to learn science, math, and more

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a suite of manufactured chemicals with wide applications in consumer products ranging including clothing, cookware, cosmetics, and firefighting foams, are threatening the Great Lakes and Lake Champlaign region. These chemicals and their related precursor compounds have very strong bonds that make them waterproof, oil repellent, and high temperature and stain resistant. Their chemical structure also makes them very persistent in the environment, for which they are called “forever chemicals”. To explore the socioeconomic impacts of PFAS, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) is leading a Great Lakes and Lake Champlain regional research effort that is expected to support research to further advance the knowledge of social or economic issues related to PFAS risk, exposure, and remediation in these regions. The project advisory committee recommended a regional scoping effort to guide this effort; the purpose which was identifying and subsequentially prioritizing the knowledge gaps and potential socioeconomic barriers to PFAS efforts in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain regions. Details of these scoping sessions are discussed in this report.

A Great Lakes Area of Concern, Muskegon Lake in Michigan has undergone a cleanup through the Great Lakes Legacy Act. As a result, the city of Muskegon has seen environmental, economic, and quality of life benefits.

Citations:

1. Paul Isely Erik Nordman Kendra Robbins Julie Cowie. Muskegon Lake Area of Concern Habitat Restoration Project: Socio-Economic Assessment Revisited. July 2020.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.

Other Resources

• Great Lakes Commission: Assessing the Investment—The Economic Impact of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: A Case Study of Muskegon, Michigan

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Revitalización de Muskegon en español está aquí.


• International Association of Great Lakes Research: Great Lakes Revival: How Restoring Polluted Waters Leads to Rebirth of Great Lakes Communities (pp. 39-46)
• Livability: Transforming Waterfronts Along the Muskegon Lakeshore
• Western Michigan Regional Shoreline Commission: Muskegon River Habitat Restoration at Veteran’s Memorial Park
• NOAA Fisheries: Muskegon Lake Nears Recovery After Years of Restoration
• MiBiz: Arts playing ‘huge role’ in shaping downtown Muskegon through pandemic
• WZZM Channel 13: A successful Muskegon festival season by the numbers
• WOOD Channel 8: ‘Hidden gem’ discovered: Muskegon Lake ripe for development
• FOX Channel 17: Great Lakes cruises bring passengers, revenue to Muskegon
• MLIVE: Marquette to Muskegon: Cruise ships bring big tourism dollars to the Great Lakes 
• Detroit Free Press: Cruise ships to visit Muskegon again after 2 years of COVID-19 cancelations

A Great Lakes Area of Concern, the Sheboygan River in Wisconsin has undergone a cleanup through the Great Lakes Legacy Act. As a result, the city of Sheboygan has seen environmental, economic, and quality of life benefits.

Citations:

1. Great Lakes Commission. Assessing the Investment—The Economic Impact of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: A Case Study of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. September 2018.

Other Resources

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Sheboygan River AOC
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Remediation and Restoration Projects for Sheboygan River AOC
• City of Sheboygan, Department of Planning and Development[Conversation]
• Healing our Waters/Great Lakes Coalition: Sheboygan River cleanup nears completion

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Revitalización de Sheboygan en español está aquí.