[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Michigan's drinking water standards for these chemicals now among toughest in nation"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Michigan's drinking water standards for these chemicals now among toughest in nation

By Keith Matheny
Detroit Free Press (MI)
August 3, 2020

Michigan officials were frustrated waiting on the federal government to adopt health-protecting standards for the nonstick, so-called "forever chemicals" that have become a leading emerging contaminant in the state and across the country. So they made their own.

Michigan's new standards for seven per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) compounds in drinking water - some of the toughest, most comprehensive standards on the chemicals anywhere in the country - took effect Monday.

"This is an important milestone for Michigan's drinking water," said Liesl Clark, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), in a web-broadcasted news  conference Monday.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/08/03/tougher-pfas-standards-drinking-water-michigan/5574268002/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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