PFAS Response
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Recording: Drinking Water Awareness Week Webinar
PFAS 101: What Every Homeowner Should Know
On Wednesday, May 5, the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) presented a webinar to educate residents about how PFAS impacts groundwater, sources of PFAS, testing options, treatment options, associated health effects, and other important facts homeowners should know. Personal perspectives were given by members of the Citizens Advisory Workgroup (CAWG) about their experiences with PFAS contamination in their communities and tips they wanted to share with homeowners.
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MPART - Taking Action to Protect the Public's Water
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of man-made chemicals that include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). PFAS have been used globally during the past century in manufacturing, firefighting and thousands of common household and other consumer products. These chemicals are persistent in the environment and in the human body – meaning they don’t break down and they can accumulate over time. In recent years, experts have become increasingly concerned by the potential effects of high concentrations of PFAS on human health.
