One of the contaminated PFAS sites first documented in Michigan was in Oscoda Township near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
Water there is contaminated with PFAS.
“What about the water?
What people want to know is how government is going to fix it and whether there will be any long-term health problems?
“People have been drinking that water for decades and we don’t know the level 20, 30, 40 years ago that was in the groundwater.
Catherine Larive: “Clean it up.
Find a way to clean it up.” For years, it’s been known the area around the former Wurtsmith Air Force base was contaminated.
He notes Oscoda has had this contamination problem long before the lead contamination of Flint’s water.
MPART is the multi-agency Michigan PFAS Action Response Team put together last year.
Weed says Oscoda Township has gotten some small grants to extend municipal water service to some houses with contaminated wells.