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Environmental Working Group releases
report about PFAS in drinking water
Activist organization adds 90 contaminated sites to list, including those in MI
Drinking water supplies at
108 Army and Army National
Guard
installations
are
contaminated with per- and
polyfluoroalkyl
substances,
or PFAS, according to a report
released by the Environmental
Working Group on Wednesday.
Contaminated sites include
Grand Ledge Army Aviation
Support and Jackson Readiness
Center in Michigan. The report
added 90 installations to the
existing 18 which were known
to have contamination.
PFAS are a wide variety
of
chemicals
produced
by
manufacturing,
industrial
and
agricultural
processes.
In Michigan and some other
states across the country, PFAS
is a growing threat to drinking
water. Ann Arbor residents
have
become
increasingly
concerned
with
the
levels
of
PFAS
contamination
in
Washtenaw County, especially
in the Huron River. Last
May, the city launched a
transparency
initiative
to
detail updates on water quality.
The
EGW’s
data
was
obtained from the Department
of Defense under the Freedom
of Information Act. Since 2016,
the total number of current and
former contaminated military
installations rose from 207
to 297. The report detailed
the negative effects of PFAS
chemicals
and
their
reach
across the U.S.
“Low
doses
of
PFAS
chemicals have been linked
to
cancer,
harm
to
the
reproductive
and
immune
systems, thyroid disease and
other health problems,” the
report said.
“The chemicals have been
detected
in
the
drinking
water of 19 million Americans
in 49 states, and unreleased
EPA data show that up to 110
million people may have PFAS-
contaminated drinking water.”
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell,
D-Ann
Arbor,
released
a
statement on Wednesday in
response to the report.
“PFAS is a serious national
health
problem
and
every
day we find more and more
of
our
nation’s
service
members are being exposed
to
PFAS,”
she
said.
“The
Environmental
Working
Group is doing valuable work
to expose the extent of the
contamination. We must be
serious about identifying
contamination, cleaning it
up, and preventing further
contaminations
and
dangers going forward.”
Dingell
said
the
Department
of
Defense
must stay transparent and
be held accountable in its
role in PFAS contamination.
She mentioned the National
Defense Authorization Act,
which was passed by the
house in July. It includes
three
amendments
by
Dingell addressing PFAS.
“The House passed a
strong National Defense
Authorization
bill
that
included a number of my
amendments that will help
clean up the nearly 300
military
sites
identified
with PFAS contamination
— including designating
PFAS as hazardous. With
the EWG’s new findings,
it’s even more critical that
PFAS provisions in NDAA
make it into the final bill,”
Dingell’s statement reads.
The
amendments
added
by Dingell designate PFAS
chemicals
as
hazardous
substances in order to qualify
them for clean up under the
EPA’s superfund program. The
amendments also ban the use
of PFAS materials to produce
ready-to-eat meals, or MREs,
consumed by servicemen and
women in training and require
that military bases cooperate
with state regulation if PFAS
contamination is detected near
the installation.
LSA senior Sophia Simon, an
Ann Arbor native, emphasized
the importance of protecting
and preserving our natural
resources. She believes that the
University has a part to play
in educating students about
local environmental issues, as
well as preserving sustainable
practices.
“I
grew
up
near
the
Huron River and have been
swimming in it for years, but
PFAS contamination poses a
big threat to the river water
quality,” Simon said. “The
University
should
invest
in keeping our river clean,
because it’s such a beautiful
and important part of Ann
Arbor.”
LSA junior Kellee Byard, who
is enrolled in the University’s
Program in the Environment,
called for urgent action against
PFAS contamination.
“I think this issue is vital
for both local and regional
administrations to act urgently
and aggressively, because PFAS
affects drinking water and also
resides in the environment,” she
said. “This is harming humans
and organisms within nature,
overall
creating
unhealthy
ecosystems resulting in a slew
of health risks. We must stop
the production of contaminants
that ultimately end up in our
water.”
KATHERINA SOURINE
Daily Staff Reporter