Results showed 670 ppt for PFOA and 740 ppt for PFOS.
This level is more than 20 times higher than the EPA lifetime health advisory of 70 ppt.
More test results from the three groundwater wells supplying the city’s water system are expected Monday, July 30…
Officials estimate 3,000 residents in are on Parchment’s city water system.
The water system is being drained and will be hooked up to Kalamazoo’s water system, officials said. The system will then be flushed, officials said…
Parchment, ‘The Paper City,’ is a small town just outside Kalamazoo, named after the longtime paper plant that once operated there. The city’s population was 1,807, according to 2010 census data…
Residents are worried about how long they have been exposed to PFAS in the municipal drinking water. Officials at a July 27 news conference did not provide an answer to the question when it was asked.
‘It’s not the type of thing you want to wake up to, to find out you’ve been drinking poison,’ Steve VanDiver said…
The DEQ has provided the following details testing results from Parchment’s municipal water source:
A test showed total PFAS concentrations of 1,587 parts per trillion in the Parchment water supply. Results showed 670 ppt for PFOA and 740 ppt for PFOS, according to the DEQ.”
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