A new bill has been introduced to the United States Senate that would require the Department of Defense to accelerate the cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS at military installations across Michigan and the ret of the United States.
After the federal government repeatedly pushed back the deadline for the PFAS remediation, with some delays stretching as long as 40 years, the new bill intends to require the removal of the harmful substances that are having long-term effects on Americans.
Michigan has had a history of PFAS contamination in its water supply, which has been accelerated by the release of them by military installations across the state. Sites that have been affected by the remediation legislation include Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Kellogg Air National Guard Base, Camp Grayling, K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Detroit Arsenal, Grand Ledge Army Aviation Support Facility, and Kincheloe Air Force Base.
It remains to be seen what will come of the bill as it has not yet come up for vote in the Senate.
