This week, read about radon and EGLE's recruitment and internship efforts





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"MI Environment Digest - January 16, 2026"

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By the Numbers: EGLE’s 2025 recruitment and internships [ [link removed] ]

"January 15, 2026"

EGLE traveled the state in 2025, participating in career fairs and other recruitment and internship efforts.

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EGLE interns Bryana Borders and Quinn Leskovec.

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Farmington Hills seventh-grader wins Michigan’s radon poster contest [ [link removed] ]

"January 14, 2026"

EGLE has named the winner of the 2025 Michigan Radon Poster Contest.

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Winning radon poster by Shraddha Vinod, a seventh-grader at Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills.

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25% of Michigan homes have elevated levels of radon, a cancer-causing radioactive gas [ [link removed] ]

"January 13, 2026"

Nationally, about 7% of homes have elevated radon levels, compared to an estimated 25% of homes in Michigan.

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Graphic on radon: Did you know that one in four Michigan homes has high levels of radon?

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