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Detroit Free Press Article Rating

Study: Nonstick 'forever chemicals' PFAS show up in beer, some brewed in Michigan

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    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

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Bias Score Analysis

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4% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The former Wolverine Worldwide footwear company in that county for years used PFAS compounds in its ScotchGard water protectants, and dumped PFAS-laden tannery sludges and wastes into unlined landfills, ultimately leading to contamination of local groundwater and the Rogue River that has prompted ongoing cleanups by the company in consultation with state and federal environmental regulators.
39% : Redmon is senior director of the environmental health and water quality program at RTI International, an independent, nonprofit research organization based in North Carolina focused "on science-based solutions to help human health and the environment.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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