[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "PFAS-tainted foam in Lake Huron prompts citizen outcry"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

PFAS-tainted foam in Lake Huron prompts citizen outcry

By Kelly House
Bridge Michigan
April 4, 2024

Citizen-led testing near a polluted former military base in Oscoda has revealed high levels of toxic “forever chemicals” in Lake Huron’s beach foam, prompting calls for the state to better alert beachgoers to the danger.

Citing test results showing PFAS levels as high as 7,900 parts per trillion, activists on Thursday panned state environmental regulators for declining to test Lake Huron foam despite known contamination at the nearby former Wurtsmith Air Force Base.

“We felt gaslighted when they told us the foam was a ‘natural’ type of foam, so we tested the foam ourselves,” said Cathy Wusterbarth, an Oscoda resident who leads the group Need Our Water. “We found there is nothing natural about the PFAS foam in Lake Huron."

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For the entire article, see
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/pfas-tainted-foam-lake-huron-prompts-citizen-outcry

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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