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The EPA's letter to MDH, MDA and the MPCA comes after more than 10 environmental advocacy organizations requested that the agency exercise its emergency powers under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

An environmental report recently obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES shows the chemical benzene — which is known to cause cancer — was detected in the groundwater at levels nearly 75 times higher than what’s allowed under state health standards.

Environmental groups petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying nitrate in the groundwater in southeast Minnesota’s karst region — largely from fertilizer and manure applied to crop land — poses an imminent danger to human health.

A hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 7 at the Lake Andrew Town Hall.

A hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 7 at the Lake Andrew Town Hall.

Some environmental groups say nitrate contamination has reached the point of a public health emergency, and they want the federal government to step in.

Some environmental groups say nitrate contamination has reached the point of a public health emergency, and they want the federal government to step in.

In a petition filed in April, environmental groups asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use its emergency powers under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act to intervene in what they call an “imminent and substantial endangerment to human health.”

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to unlock $21.6 million in wildlife habitat grants threatened by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource's handling of logging contracts on public hunting lands. In a letter this week to DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen, Acting Regional Director Chuck Traxler of the Fish and Wildlife Service said he's confident the DNR's "future actions'' will ...

MAMMEE BAY, St Ann — Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School in Steer Town, St Ann, in partnership with Sandals Foundation, last Thursday hosted a memorable event to mark International Peace Day. ...