[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Plant to begin treating PFAS contaminated groundwater [near Wurtsmith AFB] in Oscoda" (MI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plant to begin treating PFAS contaminated groundwater in Oscoda 


By STEVE CARMODY 
Michigan Radio
August 30, 2018 


Starting Friday, a new water plant will begin treating contaminated groundwater near the old Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda.

The base was decommissioned in 1993. But man-made chemicals known as PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)have been slowly leaching into the neighboring community’s groundwater for decades.   

Firefighting foam that was used to extinguish jet fuel fires and training exercises on the base is the source of the chemicals.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.michiganradio.org/post/plant-begin-treating-pfas-contaminated-groundwater-oscoda

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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