[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Former Eaton Rapids [MI] landfill investigated for potential water contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former Eaton Rapids landfill investigated for potential water contamination

By Craig Lyons
Lansing State Journal (MI)
September 3, 2020

EATON RAPIDS – Levels of PFAS contamination nearly eight times above the groundwater limit in Michigan has prompted an investigation into possible drinking water contamination around the former Eaton Rapids landfill.

The city of Eaton Rapids, the Michigan Department of the Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and the Barry-Eaton District Health Department are testing to see if contamination from the long-closed municipal landfill on Hogsback Road seeped into the drinking water of neighboring properties.

Testing has started at residential wells on eight properties around the landfill for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS. EGLE said seven of the eight properties were sampled earlier this week.

“When the landfill was first identified as a site, BEDHD got together with EGLE and MDHHS to identify any wells that should be sampled,” said Sarah Surna, a community health promotion specialist with the health department. “This is standard practice when a PFAS site is identified.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2020/09/03/eaton-rapids-landfill-pfas-site-contamination-drinking-water/5681897002/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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