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This is a list of Superfund sites in Michigan designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The contamination represents "some of the highest levels ever found anywhere of PFNA", one of the perfluorinated chemicals. [98] [99] April 2019 The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) and its agencies released public health drinking water screening levels for 5 PFAS compounds: PFOA, PFOS, PFBS, PFHxS, and PFNA. [70]
After first learning in 2020 about possible PFAS contamination in fluorinated plastic pesticide containers, the EPA has developed new ways to detect PFAS at low levels in pesticide containers and ...
Map: Where water systems reported PFAS levels above new EPA limits ... The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included $9 billion to help places struggling with contamination from PFAS and other ...
Groundwater treatment systems will be installed near a military base in northern Michigan to address contamination from high levels of toxic, widely used “forever chemicals,” the U.S ...
A possible solution for PFAS-contaminated wastewater treatment has been developed by the Michigan State University-Fraunhofer team. Boron-doped diamond electrodes are used for the electrochemical oxidation system where it is capable of breaking PFAS molecular bonds which essentially eliminates the contaminates, leaving fresh water.
This map shows water systems included in the EPA’s records, as of Jan. 11. ... PFAS pollution was found in two wells, one of which is important for peak summertime use, said Laura Briefer ...
The source of the PFAS contamination has not been discovered, but officials believe a former 80 acres (320,000 m 2) landfill along the Kalamazoo River may be the source. [7] The landfill site is also the former home of the paper mill in the city, and the landfill was capped in 2000 after then-owner Crown-Vantage went bankrupt.