[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, VETERANS: "Veterans 'likely' drank PFAS at Wurtsmith air base" (MI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Veterans 'likely' drank PFAS at Wurtsmith air base

By Garret Ellison 
MLive (MI)
September 1, 2018

OSCODA, MI -- Did veterans and the families who lived and worked at Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda drink water polluted with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, when the base was active and sourcing water from on-site wells?

The state of Michigan says yes.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality released a report Thursday, Aug. 30, concluding that Wurtsmith wells were "likely impacted" by PFAS contamination between 1978 and 1997, when municipal water from Lake Huron was brought to the base.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/09/wurtsmith_veterans_pfas_report.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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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