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It’s a curious acronym — PFAS — and it stands for a family of chemicals that’s in most homes and being detected in an increasing number of people’s water systems in Michigan and other states and provinces.
Research is only beginning to determine the health effects and what, if any, treatment there might be. What can people do to protect themselves and their families? And at what cost?
Explore Great Lakes Now’s coverage of the crisis and learn about what you can do to address this issue.
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PFAS News Roundup: Indiana restricts PFAS foam, Wisconsin utility sued, 651 military bases likely polluted
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
PFAS Around the Great Lakes Region: Actions taken in each state or province and standards set, if any
The eight Great Lakes states and Canada are approaching PFAS contamination in their own ways and setting their own standards.
PFAS News Roundup: Ohio starts testing, Minnesota cleanup could cost $1.2 billion, DuPont might dodge liabilities
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Michigan oversight panel OKs limits on ‘forever chemicals’
The state legislature established the panel in 2018 at the urging of Republicans who described it as a check on excessively burdensome regulation.
PFAS News Roundup: Plasma-blasting PFAS, Wisconsin utilities decline to test, $1M Democrat ad buy
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Wolverine Worldwide will pay $113M over PFAS-polluted drinking water
Wolverine still faces lawsuits from area residents, though the company said it believes its actions approved under the settlement “will have a significant and beneficial impact” on the resolution of those cases.
Documentary Update: What’s new with one of the families featured in “The Forever Chemicals”
Seth and Tobyn McNaughton recently reached a settlement with Wolverine Worldwide and 3M.
Protestors rally for clean water outside a Wurtsmith Air Force Base Restoration Advisory Board meeting on June 6, 2018 in Oscoda. Members of the NOW (Need Our Water) group, and other local residents, want the Air Force to take responsibility for high levels of PFAS contamination leaching from the base. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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The following reporting is provided by MLive Media Group, our partner on The Forever Chemicals series.
Oscoda residents say ‘enough’ after 9 years of PFAS with no cleanup plan
Representatives from a number of Michigan communities—Oscoda, Flint, Detroit and Belmont among them—gathered on Wednesday to call on the U.S. Air Force for action on PFAS cleanup.
The Forever Chemicals: MLive Reporters and Great Lakes Now engage Sustainable Brands 2019 audience
After a documentary screening at the Sustainable Brands 2019 conference in Detroit, Great Lakes Now hosted an audience discussion with the MLive Media Group reporters who have been leading the coverage of the PFAS issue in Michigan.
PFAS pollution already costing Michigan communities millions
Michigan residents may be in line to pay for the fixes to PFAS contamination for years to come.
Digital Credits
“The Forever Chemicals” initiative was produced by Rob Green and Sandra Svoboda.
Digital Designer: Shelby Jouppi
Digital Video: Angela Brayman, Marie Gould, Rob Green, Zosette Guir, Matt Ilas, William Kubota, Sandra Svoboda, Jordan Wingrove, Ernie Zinger
With additional production support and partnership from MLive Media Group