GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — As the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality continues to test hundreds of wells in the Belmont area for contamination linked to decades-old shoe manufacturing waste, the Kent County Health Department is warning residents not to be taken in by scammers selling home water tests.
There have been reports of people have been knocking on doors and claiming to be with companies offering home testing for the chemical PFOS, the likely carcinogen causing concern. Kent County Health Department spokesman Steve Kelso says to be wary of those people and ask questions because they may be trying to rip you off.
“It’s pretty unlikely that someone’s going to come up and be able to perform this in your kitchen while you wait. In fact, that’s impossible,” Kelso said.
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