Restrictions expanded near former Wurtsmith air base after PFAS found in most wildlife
Source: https://www.freep.com/, May 28, 2020
By: Keith Matheny
State officials last year — too quietly, some contend — expanded hunting and fishing restrictions at Clark’s Marsh, near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, after scientific studies showed excessive levels of PFAS in virtually every living creature tested from the area.
Algae, snails, tadpoles, dragonflies, crayfish and minnow-type small fish were all studied from Clark’s Marsh by Purdue University researchers in 2018. The researchers last year reported pervasive contamination in all the species from nonstick PFAS compounds, especially perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS. The compound was used in aqueous firefighting foam on the base for decades, until it was closed in 1993. Read more.
