From WOOD TV 8:
ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — No toxic chemicals were detected in the well water tested at a Rockford middle school.
In an Oct. 25 letter to parents, Rockford Public Schools Superintendent Michael Shibler said the test samples taken at East Rockford Middle School have come back negative for PFAS.
The school stopped using its well water after a former Wolverine Worldwide dump site near Ramsdell Drive NE was recently identified. The water tests for the property along the Cannon Township dump site also came back negative for the toxin, according to Wolverine Worldwide.
Waste from the Rockford-based shoe manufacturing is suspected to be the cause of unsafe levels of a chemical that used to be using waterproofing shoes. The chemical, PFOS, is a likely carcinogen and has been linked to other illnesses.
Wolverine Worldwide had been providing bottled water to students pending the results of the water tests. Since the test have come back negative for PFAS, the district says students and staff at East Rockford Middle School can start using well water again.
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