Read the full article by Emilio Perez Ibarguen (Bridge Michigan)
“Every summer throughout the mid 2010s, researchers scoured the Great Lakes in search of PFAS contamination.
They took tissue samples from invasive mussels that have spread across the lakes near wastewater treatment plants, in rivers feeding into the lakes and from sites further offshore. They took samples from 120 sites in total.
The results: The scientists found PFAS nearly everywhere.
Those findings — published late last year by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciences — are another indicator of how ubiquitous so-called ‘forever chemicals’ have become in the environment. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have been linked to cancer, thyroid problems and other health challenges.”