The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer.
Multi-site Health Study (MSS)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Multi-site Health Study (MSS)
City of Parchment, Cooper Township, and the Belmont/Rockford Area
Announcements
Save the date! CDC/ATSDR will host a virtual open house to provide updates on the PFAS Multi-Site Study (MSS).
- July 28, 2025
- 5 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. EDT
- To join virtually:
- Join the meeting now
- Meeting ID: 299 785 293 157 2
- Passcode: 3M232iK3
- Join the meeting now
- To join by phone:
- (888) 994-4478, 197621025# United States (Toll-free)
- Phone conference ID: 197 621 025#
- (888) 994-4478, 197621025# United States (Toll-free)
- To submit questions in advance, email: mss@cdc.gov
During the open house, CDC/ATSDR will discuss the recently published manuscript, Multi-Site Study of Communities with PFAS-Contaminated Drinking Water: Methods, Demographics, and Serum PFAS Concentrations.
Investigators from each of the study sites will provide early findings on PFAS exposure and health effects including Lipids, Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Thyroid, and Obesity. These findings are preliminary and may change as manuscripts are finalized.
Due to the size of the meeting and platform limitations, presenters will only be able to answer study-related questions that are submitted in advance to mss@cdc.gov. Presenters are not able to answer individual health/medical questions.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is working to identify links between exposure to PFAS and health outcomes. We are doing this through two community-based studies: (1) the Michigan PFAS Exposure and Health Study (MiPEHS) and (2) the Multi-site Health Study (MSS).
MSS is a study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in seven states across the United States. ATSDR has partnered with MDHHS to conduct MSS in the City of Parchment and Cooper Township in Kalamazoo County and the Belmont/Rockford area in Kent County.