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The city acquired and razed the troubled Electro Plating Services building on 10 Mile Road last year. Cleanup of tainted soil expected by early 2024.

New Yorkers felt like they were in a scene of The Ghostbusters when green ooze was bubbling up from the sewer near the World Trade Center. While it may look otherworldly, there is an actual explanation.

MADISON HEIGHTS — In December 2019, before the pandemic turned the world on its ear, Madison Heights found itself in the national spotlight when green-colored groundwater laced with cancer-causing hexavalent chromium gushed onto Interstate 696.

The impending demolition will allow state regulators a better look at what remaining mess exists at the chronically polluted site

Demolition of the main building of Electro-Plating Services — which caused a spill of bright green toxic chemicals onto a highway in 2019 - begins Friday.

The Madison Heights City Council has approved a plan to demolish the Electro-Plating Services site that is known for leaking green ooze onto I-696.

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies.

State, feds give update on green ooze contamination site in Madison Heights The U.S. EPA and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, provided an update to residents on the green ooze site in Madison Heights on Tuesday night. By: Alan Campbell , WXYZ Web Team Posted at 9:50 AM, Jan 26, 2021 and last updated 2021-01-26 23:14:06-05 MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (WXYZ) — The U.S. EPA and the Michigan Department of Environment...

EPA hands over control of toxic ooze site in Madison Heights to state regulators Hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen, was found leaking onto I-696 on Dec. 20, 2019 Published:  Tags:  MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. – It started with a leak onto Interstate 696 in Madison Heights where green ooze caught the attention of people driving by. Now, more than a year after first descending on the site, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ready to release the project to the state. “We’...

Madison Heights — A representative for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it had completed its emergency response to groundwater contamination at the former Electro-Plating Services, having spent $3.1 million, and will pass oversight on to state officials. "Our goal was to stabilize the site ... and return the site to EGLE for long-term remediation," said Tricia Edwards of the EPA during an online update, referring to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes...