Re: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, MUNITIONS, VOCs, COMMUNITIES: Wurtsmith Aif Force Base (MI) update

Good article. It mentions mycoremdiartion of PFAS. All I could really find on that subject was this bit about these two likely shroomery.org forum members lucking their way into nearly $300,000 to use AI to find the right kind of mushroom. My general understanding is that mycological diversity is a good marker of a forest's health. Anyone know if PFAS contamination impacts that?

There's a forest near my house that is basically a big ditch (it was actually a reservoir 100 years ago). Little biodiversity near the bottom, where a stream I am 95% sure is fed by groundwater from an AFFF contaminated site. Go uphill and it's quite a bit better in terms of diversity of plants and mushrooms. There's a patch of lady slippers (cyprepedium) even, which are notoriously fickle and also mycoheterotrophic. I found a late patch of chanterelles in this area and made cream of mushroom soup with them. YOLO.

Best,

Jon

On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 5:11 PM Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> wrote:

State, federal agencies share status updates on WAFB contamination

by Jenny Haglund
Oscoda Press (MI)
September 3, 2024

OSCODA – The following is the first of a two-part story, recapping the information shared at the Aug. 21 Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting. Additional details on the various topics will carry over into the second portion of this story, which will appear in next week’s publication.

State, federal and other agency personnel who are involved at the site, provided the audience with updates pertaining to the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (WAFB) in Oscoda.

In what will be expanded on further in the following edition, some of the RAB members and other attendees said they feel that things have taken a step backward, when it comes to the investigation plans and proposed time lines to remediate the WAFB PFAS. Some participants also expressed skepticism surrounding the risk assessment that’s in the works and nearly finalized, which they argue is incomplete and, therefore, should not be published in its current state.

…

For the entire article, see
https://www.iosconews.com/oscoda_press/news/article_7d5eaee0-66fb-11ef-8841-37ae73edda9f.html

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From:	Jon Gerhardson <jon.gerhardson@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Sep 2024 20:06:00 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject:	Re: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, MUNITIONS, VOCs, COMMUNITIES: Wurtsmith Aif Force Base (MI) update

Good article. It mentions mycoremdiartion of PFAS. All I could really find on that subject was this bit about these two likely shroomery.org forum members lucking their way into nearly $300,000 to use AI to find the right kind of mushroom. My general understanding is that mycological diversity is a good marker of a forest's health. Anyone know if PFAS contamination impacts that? There's a forest near my house that is basically a big ditch (it was actually a reservoir 100 years ago). Little biodiversity near the bottom, where a stream I am 95% sure is fed by groundwater from an AFFF contaminated site. Go uphill and it's quite a bit better in terms of diversity of plants and mushrooms. There's a patch of lady slippers (cyprepedium) even, which are notoriously fickle and also mycoheterotrophic. I found a late patch of chanterelles in this area and made cream of mushroom soup with them. YOLO. Best, Jon On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 5:11 PM Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> wrote: State, federal agencies share status updates on WAFB contamination by Jenny Haglund Oscoda Press (MI) September 3, 2024 OSCODA – The following is the first of a two-part story, recapping the information shared at the Aug. 21 Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting. Additional details on the various topics will carry over into the second portion of this story, which will appear in next week’s publication. State, federal and other agency personnel who are involved at the site, provided the audience with updates pertaining to the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (WAFB) in Oscoda. In what will be expanded on further in the following edition, some of the RAB members and other attendees said they feel that things have taken a step backward, when it comes to the investigation plans and proposed time lines to remediate the WAFB PFAS. Some participants also expressed skepticism surrounding the risk assessment that’s in the works and nearly finalized, which they argue is incomplete and, therefore, should not be published in its current state. … For the entire article, see https://www.iosconews.com/oscoda_press/news/article_7d5eaee0-66fb-11ef-8841-37ae73edda9f.html — 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 Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org
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