[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Oscoda [Michigan] group wants more state action on PFAS contamination

[Lenny Siegel]

Oscoda group wants more state action on PFAS contamination

By BRYCE HUFFMAN 
Michigan Radio
MARCH 9, 2018

A group of Oscoda residents is angry with the governor’s task force that responds to PFAS issues around the state.

The group Need Our Water – or NOW – spoke to the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) about the ongoing groundwater contamination there.

The chemicals known as PFAS were used in firefighting foam at the Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda.

Residents are now dealing with contamination caused by those chemicals.

Cathy Wusterbarth, a member of NOW, says residents want the state to take a larger role in cleaning up the contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://michiganradio.org/post/oscoda-group-wants-more-state-action-pfas-contamination

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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