[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Defense Department to again target ‘forever chemicals’ contamination near [Wurtsmith AFB] Michigan military base"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Defense Department to again target ‘forever chemicals’ contamination near Michigan military base

BY TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press
January 19, 2024

The U.S. Department of Defense plans to install two more groundwater treatment systems at a former Michigan military base to control contamination from so-called forever chemicals, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s office announced Friday.

Environmentalists say the systems will help prevent PFAS from spreading into the Clarks Marsh area and the Au Sable River near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda on the shores of Lake Huron. The base closed in 1993 as part of a base realignment.

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For the entire article, see
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-pfas-contamination-air-force-base-999dc0a7c0233d179fdd71962440b55b

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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