[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Documentary about water contamination from former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, MI

[Lenny Siegel]

Documentary focuses on PFAs at former Air Force base

By Jamie Sherrod and Brianna Owczarzak
WNEM TV-5 News
February 11, 2020
 
The state is now suing manufacturers of PFAs, the chemicals blamed for contaminating drinking water of nearly two million Michigan residents.

It is an issue at the center of a new documentary focusing on the community of Oscoda. That’s where public health warnings were issued due to the prevalence of PFAs around the old Wurtsmith Air Force base.

The film is called “No Defense, the U.S. Military’s War on Water.” It tells the story of their involvement in the growing PFAs contamination crisis in Oscoda.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Sara Ganim decided to bring the film to life after researching places in the country without clean drinking water. That research led her to Oscoda where five public health warnings have been issued due to PFAs contamination from the former Wurtsmith Air Force base.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.wnem.com/news/documentary-focuses-on-pfas-at-former-air-force-base/article_74d10a8e-4d15-11ea-99c5-37a515a4cc83.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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