[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Michigan officials urge federal action on 'forever chemicals'"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Michigan officials urge federal action on 'forever chemicals’

by Beth LeBlanc
Detroit News (MI)
October 5, 2018


Kalamazoo - As knowledge of PFAS contamination's footprint in Michigan expands, officials voiced frustrations over the lack of federal guidance on risk levels and a shortage of efficient water and blood tests for the chemical.

More than a dozen local and state officials, advocacy groups and residents participated Friday in the round table discussion with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Kalamazoo.

The Department of Defense - whose military bases in Oscoda, Alpena and Grayling used PFAS-containing firefighting foam for years - was not present at the discussion.

Though many residents attended the round table, there was no way for them to address the round table. Instead, they were asked to fill out note cards that would later be submitted to the EPA.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/10/05/michigan-urges-federal-action-pfas-kalamazoo/1533094002/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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