The popular Au Sable River is in the path of the suspected plume.
The chemicals involved were used in a fire-suppressing foam used to fight jet fuel fires on the base, and appear to be tied to thyroid, kidney, liver, and reproductive organ problems.
Ann Arbor A slow-moving dioxane plume has been found in the groundwater of Ann Arbor and nearby Scio Township.
The Huron River is downgradient of the plume.
Rockford Wolverine World Wide employed 3M Scotchgard, which contained PFAS and PFCs, to treat materials at its tannery north of Grand Rapids.
The city of Rockford changed its municipal water supply about 18 years ago, but water consumed prior to that time or not supplied by the new aquifer are subject to risk contamination.
The water was not treated with anti-corrosive chemicals, which allowed lead to leach into the water supply.
Consequently, people throughout the state were supplied with contaminated meat, diary, and poultry products.
St. Louis became one of the nation’s worst Superfund sites.
Although the tombstone was recently relocated, health issues continue in the area to this day.