Sierra Club slams deal for PFAS cleanup in Oscoda
Updated July 17 with state comment and links to other media reports OSCODA—Officials of the Michigan Sierra Club and residents near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda have …
State panel chosen to recommend PFAS standards for drinking water
LANSING—The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) today named three environmental and health experts to a Science Advisory Workgroup to review existing and proposed health-based drinking water standards from around …
MDEQ to sample wells near GR airport for PFAS
GRAND RAPIDS — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced that it will sample 49 residential drinking water wells along Trout Creek in the neighborhood east of the 36th Street …
State PFAS study complete; two hotspots found
LANSING — Only two out of 1,592 water samples tested by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality tested above federal standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The $1.7 million …
State PFAS effort leads to improving water quality in Kalamazoo River
LANSING –The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced that it will allow the city of Kalamazoo to reduce the frequency of monitoring for per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at its …
DEQ drone deployed over Van Etten Lake as part of Wurtsmith PFAS response
OSCODA — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality this week flew a drone over Van Etten Lake in Oscoda to scout locations for the installation of a wireless all-weather camera …
Diamond technology at MSU cleans up PFAS-contaminated wastewater
EAST LANSING — More than 1.5 million Michigan residents and potentially more than hundreds of sites nationwide – and counting – have PFAS-tainted water. Now, the Michigan State University-Fraunhofer USA …
DNR: Michigan 1st in nation to use drones to search for PFAS
LANSING — In what is thought to be the first-ever use of drones to search for possible locations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination, the Michigan Department of Environmental …
Michigan embarks on statewide study of PFAS in water supplies
LANSING — The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) has announced plans to conduct a state-wide study of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels in public water supplies. The $1.7 …
MDEQ taps top MSU hydrogeologist for state PFAS response
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced that Professor David Hyndman, chair of Michigan State University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has agreed to assist MDEQ scientists …