Michigan's Environment is Cleaner than it's Been in More than 100 Years

Michigan's Environment is Cleaner than it's Been in More than 100 Years [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"One of the reasons many find it easy to believe a narrative that the environment is consistently getting worse is, somewhat ironically, due to human technological advances.
Analytic devices that used to detect contaminants measured in parts per million are now able to find these materials in parts per billion, or even parts per trillion. 
This causes many to believe that conditions are worsening, judging that 1,000 parts per billion of a contaminant is worse than 10 parts per million, when 1,000 parts per billion is actually 10 times less than 10 parts per million.
Additionally, there were once only a handful of environmental advocacy organizations.
But now there are hundreds whose fundraising is enhanced by being provocative rather than presenting a balanced assessment. 
Moreover, there is a radical element in this movement that is anti-consumer and in favor a society regulated by an “enlightened” few. 
For this element, evidence of environmental progress and technological advancements seem to be of secondary importance.
Finally, against the evidence of history, many believe that if we can’t instantly solve a problem today, then it will still be a problem next year and next decade.
Dire predictions are often based on this misconception.
But the fact is that technology keeps improving at an accelerating pace, making humans better able to meet the environmental challenges of tomorrow and beyond."