The state of Michigan is urging people to avoid contact with the Huron River downstream of Wixom after a chrome plating factory released a large quantity of hexavalent chromium into a sewer system that discharges to the river.

More information can be found at:

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/08/no-contact-with-huron-river-advised-after-toxic-chemical-release.html

https://www.whmi.com/news/article/tribar-manufacturing-chemical-spill-huron-river

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/08/03/officials-warn-people-not-to-swim-fish-in-huron-river-due-to-cancer-causing-chemical-what-to-know

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/02/huron-river-warning-hexavalent-chromium-carcinogen/10217976002/