[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Why decades-old, toxic PFAS foam is still contaminating northern Michigan waterways"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Why decades-old, toxic PFAS foam is still contaminating northern Michigan waterways

By Megan Thompson and Laura Barron-Lopez
PBS News Weekend
November 23, 2024

Earlier this fall, the Defense Department missed a deadline to stop using a firefighting foam that has caused widespread contamination across the country. While the military continues its transition away from the toxic foam, it's also beginning a massive cleanup that will take decades and billions of dollars.

In the small town of Oscoda, Michigan, a group of citizens has been fighting to hold the Air Force accountable for contaminating their waterways. In the first of our two-part series, special correspondent Megan Thompson brings us their story.

Tony Spaniola and his family have been coming to their vacation home on Van Etten Lake for decades, a relaxing getaway in the wilds of northern Michigan. But in 2016, Spaniola received a troubling letter from the state.

"I got a letter in the mail from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services saying, don't drink your water."

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For the entire story, see
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-decades-old-toxic-pfas-foam-is-still-contaminating-northern-michigan-waterways

For part 2, see "How toxic water in northern Michigan is affecting military veterans and their families” at
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-toxic-water-in-northern-michigan-is-affecting-military-veterans-and-their-families



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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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