[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "All known PFAS sites in Michigan"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

All known PFAS sites in Michigan

By Garret Ellison
MLive (MI)
July 10, 2018


The more we look, the more we find.

That's been a truism when it comes to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, contamination in Michigan and across the country.

Since the state began actively searching for the chemicals last year, they have been confirmed at more than 15 different communities in both the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan, in urban, suburban and rural settings alike. Pollution sources include former chemical-based firefighting foam used by military bases, airports and fire departments, as well as old manufacturing and waste disposal sites.

The chemicals have been found in groundwater, surface water bodies like lakes and rivers, as well as the Great Lakes -- and in drinking water pulled from each source type.
Below is a list of locales with PFAS contamination in Michigan.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/07/00699c24a57658/michigan_pfas_sites.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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