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March 09, 2016
For Immediate Release: March 9, 2016
LANSING, Mich. – Oscoda residents are encouraged to attend a public open house and meeting regarding public health and cleanup activities at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), along with District Health Department #2, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the U.S. Air Force, will provide an update at the open house and community meeting on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Oscoda Methodist Church at 120 West Dwight Avenue in Oscoda. The open house will take place from 2 to 4 p.m., and the community meeting will begin at 6 p.m.
In December 2015, the U.S. Air Force and MDEQ sampled private residential drinking water wells near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda for perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), following the discovery of PFCs in drinking water wells for a mobile home park near the former air base.
PFCs are chemicals that are used in fire-fighting foams, non-stick (“Teflon”) manufacturing, electroplating, and textiles. They are of concern because they stay in the environment for a long time and enter the food chain, which may result in health hazards to humans.
Results from the private well testing have been shared with individual well owners. District Health Department #2 has provided health advisory information to the owners of tested wells, recommending that they not drink or cook with the water. MDHHS supports this advice and is documenting its evaluation of the data in a report that will be released publicly.
City water for Oscoda, which is Lake Huron water provided by the Huron Shores Regional Utility Authority, is not impacted by the contamination from the former Air Force base. Only the drinking water wells between the former Air Force base and Van Etten Lake and Van Etten Creek are being investigated.
Additionally, MDHHS has completed its evaluation of the PFC contamination in locally caught fish. The report, “Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base – Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Fish,” is available for public review and comment at www.mi.gov/envirohealth, under “Health Assessments and Related Documents,” and at the Oscoda Township Hall (110 S. State Street), the AuSable Township Hall (311 5th Street), and the Robert J. Parks Public Library (6010 N. Skeel Avenue), all in Oscoda.
In May 2012, MDHHS issued a “do not eat” advisory for all fish caught from Clarks Marsh, south of the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, due to high levels of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in fish sampled from ponds in the marsh. MDHHS also advised that people avoid eating non-migratory fish from the lower Au Sable River, downstream of Foote Dam, due to PFCs being found in fish sampled from the river. This “Eat Safe Fish” advice is still in place. Migratory fish entering the river from Lake Huron (walleye, steelhead, and salmon) are not included under these guidelines. MDHHS provided information to the community through fact sheets, brochures, signs and public meetings.
People are encouraged to read and comment on the fish evaluation report by May 1, 2016. Comments can be sent to Christina Bush at MDHHS Division of Environmental Health, P.O. Box 30195, Lansing, Michigan, 48909 or bushc6@michigan.gov.
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