| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:59:52 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Wisconsin "DNR advises against eating livers from deer harvested near PFAS-contaminated Marinette site" |
DNR advises against eating livers from deer harvested near PFAS-contaminated Marinette site By Paul A. Smith Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) September 16, 2020 People should not eat livers from white-tailed deer harvested within about 5 miles of a contaminated Johnson Controls/Tyco Fire Products facility in Marinette, according to an advisory issued Tuesday by state health and natural resources officials. The recommendation is based on testing that found elevated levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in liver tissue of all 20 deer sampled near the industrial site. The findings suggest "eating liver from deer in this area is likely to result in significant PFAS exposure," according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. … For the entire article, see https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2020/09/15/dnr-advises-against-eatin-deer-liver-contaminated-marinette-site/5803002002/ -- 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 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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