Experts say the discovery is the planet's largest fresh water system is alarming.

Flame retardants have been added to a variety of commercial and consumer products since the 1970s, including electronic devices, plastics, mattresses and carpets.

WVPE's Jennifer Weingart spoke with Jamie Racklyeft the founder of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium about safe swimming in the great lakes and his remarkable personal story.

Groups representing businesses, industry, environmentalists, cities, states and tribes will make their annual lobbying visit to Washington, D.C., this week.

The upward trend means pleasure boaters and commercial shippers won't have to worry about hitting bottom in shallow channels.

A provision saying Congress "expects" the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release the draft report was included in a budget agreement announced Monday.

The Great Lakes are the world's largest system of freshwater lakes and the federal government currently spends around $300 million protecting them. Under President Trump's proposed budget, that spending would be reduced to $5 million.

The EPA says the projects are expected to stop or capture 13 million gallons of untreated stormwater from contaminating swimming beaches.

Congress has spent more than $2.2 billion on the program over the past seven years, funding more than 2,900 projects in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Wisconsin.