PFAS: Explained

J.D. Hock’s heart sank in 2018, when the state of Michigan warned it was unsafe to eat deer harvested within a five-mile radius of Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda…

A Michigan-based environmental group has found many nonstick pans are coated with a chemical from the PFAS family.“We suspected that a lot of pans that…

One chemical in the PFAS family is showing up more often and in greater concentrations in fish.The PFAS chemical is PFOS.“We do have a pretty heavy data…

Legislation soon will be introduced in Michigan to ban food packaging that contains toxic chemicals such as PFAS, bisphenols, or phthalates.Some…

Michigan’s new PFAS drinking water standards went into effect this week. The restrictions include seven more common chemicals from the PFAS family.…

The Air Force met with Oscoda residents on Wednesday to discuss plans for how they'll use millions of dollars earmarked for cleanup of the former…

Michigan firefighters have new rules for when they use firefighting foam containing industrial chemicals known as PFAS.Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed…

Research into the Defense Department’s records finds hundreds of military installations are contaminated with PFAS. The toxic substances are confirmed to…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicates it will take years to regulate PFAS in drinking water, if it does at all. The USEPA has proposed to…

This week, the state began collecting PFAS-containing firefighting foam, known as Class B AFFF, that has been held in inventory by fire departments and…