[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (MI) "groundwater plumes approaching Lake Huron"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Oscoda toxic PFC groundwater plumes approaching Lake Huron

By Garret Ellison
MLive (MI)
September 13, 2016 

OSCODA, MI - More private drinking wells are testing positive for toxic fluorocarbons leaching from the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base and the chemical plumes have crossed an inland lake on their way to Lake Huron.

The latest chemical plume map of the area shows a private well testing between 51 and 300 parts-per-trillion (ppt) for total perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) on the west side of U.S. 23 just south of Interlake Drive in Oscoda Township.

An August 2016 map showing locations and concentrations of toxic perfluorinated chemical (PFC) plumes in the groundwater around the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda.Courtesy | DHD2
It's the farthest east the chemicals have yet been discovered and the new test results significantly expand the area where people could be drinking unsafe water.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/oscoda_toxic_groundwater_plume.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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