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Michigan legislature OKs $23M to respond to PFC contamination

Michael Dourson helped set a state safety standard for the chemical PFOA 2,000 times less strict than the level deemed safe by the EPA. Photo: pfoaprojectny

“GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — In one of the last votes for the Michigan Legislature before breaking for the year, lawmakers voted Wednesday to send resources to help with the response to PFAS-contaminated water sooner rather than later.

The Legislature came up with $23 million in supplemental spending to address the problem. It’s essentially a down payment on what will be a yearslong process of finding out where PFAS-related chemicals are, how they affect people and how to get rid of them.”

Read full article by Rick Albin Here.

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