Officials are still cleaning up, and investigating, a chemical spill into the Bear Creek Drain in Macomb County, Michigan. The chemicals, at present unknown, turned the creek bright blue-green. The drain eventually flows into Lake St. Clair. Read the full story by Michigan Public.
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