The Problem of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Marinette, and the Solutions That Could Take as Long
Source: https://inthesetimes.com/, September 9, 2021
By: Christina Lieffring
Chuck Boyle drives around Marinette and the Town of Peshtigo, regularly pulling over at places where creeks and drainage ditches intersect with the road. Born and raised in Peshtigo, an unincorporated township along Green Bay, Boyle has mapped these waterways out in his head, knowing where the water comes from and where it flows.
More often than not Boyle sees the telltale bright white, almost luminescent foam building up in the creeks’ nooks and crannies: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly known as PFAS. Read more.