[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Bioremediation pilot at Dane County, Wisconsin Air National Guard base

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

‘Following the plume’: Pilot study underway to clean up PFAS contamination in Dane County
Verona based company trying novel microbe-based decontamination

by AZUL KOTHARI
University of Wisconsin Badger Herald 
April 5, 2022

It started with a hunch. 

Larry Kinsman, founder and owner of the environmental remediation company Orin Technologies, suspected that a particular microbial treatment might see success when applied towards degrading PFAS — the carcinogenic pollutant that threatens water systems across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region.

After much tinkering and in-house experimentation, Orin, based in Verona, claims to have discovered a method of cleaning up toxic PFAS sites — by getting microbes to break down the chemicals. This past December, in a partnership with the Canadian bioremediation company Fixed Earth Innovations, Orin began a yearlong pilot study to test whether their method can actually reduce levels of PFAS at the heavily contaminated Air National Guard base, which lies on the property of Dane County Airport.

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For the entire article, see
https://badgerherald.com/news/2022/04/05/following-the-plume-pilot-study-underway-to-clean-up-pfas-contamination-in-dane-county/

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Lenny Siegel
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