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More pressing is rampant pollution. Surfrider Chicago, along with the city of Chicago as a co-litigant, sued U.S. Steel in 2018 for dumping hexavalent chromium into Lake Michigan. The chemical is the same carcinogenic manufacturing byproduct made infamous in the 2000 film Erin Brockovich.

“Surfers were getting sick, and after a yearlong study and diving into the data, we found the cause and realized we had to do something about it,” says McNeil. In 2018, U.S. Steel agreed to pay $601,242 in civil penalties in accordance with a proposed settlement under an EPA consent decree. Lawyers for Surfriders argued the punishment was too low, pointing out that the maximum statutory penalty can be as high as $10.7 million.

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ballsalsa said:

Winter surfing is hot. Can it survive climate change?

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More pressing is rampant pollution. Surfrider Chicago, along with the city of Chicago as a co-litigant, sued U.S. Steel in 2018 for dumping hexavalent chromium into Lake Michigan. The chemical is the same carcinogenic manufacturing byproduct made infamous in the 2000 film Erin Brockovich.

“Surfers were getting sick, and after a yearlong study and diving into the data, we found the cause and realized we had to do something about it,” says McNeil. In 2018, U.S. Steel agreed to pay $601,242 in civil penalties in accordance with a proposed settlement under an EPA consent decree. Lawyers for Surfriders argued the punishment was too low, pointing out that the maximum statutory penalty can be as high as $10.7 million.

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Kryptos said:

I'm pretty sure I've seen people try to surf in lake Michigan. There was even an old ad campaign calling it the Malibu of the Midwest.

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Good luck with that...

Enlil said:

Ever since the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I've stayed clear of the Great Lakes

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Bigbadwooof said:

Brian Jones said:

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ballsalsa said:

I never lived in Michigan so you'll have to come up with your own "normal"

My grandma grew up in Mt Morris but I have a feeling her "normal" from 96 years ago might not apply anymore

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In West Michigan Lakes look like Oceans.

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ballsalsa said:

I read that somewhere.  The lakes are so polluted with industrial waste and shit that surfers get burns, I guess.

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I think he's talking about the Great Lakes, which are the ones that look like oceans. They'll fuck them up eventually, but it's still the greatest supply of fresh water on earth, and if it keeps raining in the upper Midwest, California and Arizona can buy water from us as long as we can absolutely gouge you, because shouldn't there be a price to pay for living in paradise without fresh water.

I don't mean to be crude, but the rust belt wants revenge and there appears to be the means and the ways.

Don't know what you're talking about surfers getting burned. Could be my ignorance, but never heard of surfing here but if there is it has to be the Great Lakes, but they're clean, and even Lake Erie for 30 years because it's the shallow one and cleaned up fast. Flint Michigan is mercury infested, and the Cuyahoga river in Ohio used to start in fire, but no one ever surfed there.

California, Paradise Lost.

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Brian Jones... are you from Michigan, brother!?! I never knew!

Cheers bro

Btw.. that surfing bit.. I was scratching my head too haha!

I will say, the lakes have some invasive species in them that aren't great.

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Bigbadwooof said:

The lakes are ours, buddy.

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Hexavalent chromium can be used as a chemical feedstock in various industrial processes, particularly in the manufacturing of pigments, dyes, and chromates. It is also used in electroplating, leather tanning, and other metal finishing applications. Additionally, hexavalent chromium is used in anti-corrosion coatings, wood preservation, and in the production of certain types of ceramics.

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