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Michigan Attorney General, EGLE call out 3M attempt to gut PFAS in drinking water rules
Michigan Attorney General, EGLE call out 3M attempt to gut PFAS in drinking water rulesContact: Lynsey Mukomel 517-599-2746Agency: Attorney General
May 7, 2021
LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Director Liesl Clark today blasted an attempt by Minnesota-based 3M Corporation to invalidate PFAS in drinking water standards adopted by Michigan last year.
3M earlier this week served a lawsuit on EGLE seeking to invalidate Michigan s standards that set limits for PFAS compounds in drinking water. As one of the major manufacturers of PFAS in the country, 3M profited from the sale of many products containing PFAS while hiding the chemical s human health effects from the public. Many of 3M s products ended up in the environment and continue to contaminate Michigan s land, drinking water, and other natu
âThe Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) will provide an update on the investigation into the former Falk Road landfill in Holly Township on Monday, May 10.
âRepresentatives from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) will host the virtual community meeting at 6 p.m.
âThe meeting is planned as an online event, rather than an in-person meeting, to comply with current state measures designed to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
To register for and participate in the online meeting, visit the registration website bit.ly/3nfvZfN.
Airport switches to new PFAS foam as Kalamazoo wastewater remains in violation from March spill
Updated May 07, 2021;
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KALAMAZOO, MI The airport where PFAS foam spilled into Kalamazoo’s sewer system in March has changed to a new type of foam, which also contains PFAS, according to a city of Kalamazoo official.
Tests of samples taken about a month after the March 30 spill at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport show that levels of PFAS are still above the allowable limit in Kalamazoo wastewater system, said James Baker, director of Kalamazoo’s Department of Public Services, said on Friday, May 7.