GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Kent County Health Department officials have reached out to Gov. Rick Snyder with a letter in attempt to receive assistance with the PFAS contamination.
The health department said it can’t handle the PFAS contamination on its own and wants federal involvement. The letter told Snyder if he doesn’t ask for aid, the health department would.
In addition to Snyder, the two-page letter was also sent to lawmakers, local public officials and the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team recently created to solve the problem.
The problem stems from Wolverine Worldwide’s use of Scotchgard, which contained likely carcinogen PFAS, to treat shoes in the late 1950s. Wolverine dumped sludge from its landfill on House Street in Belmont, where contamination has spread into drinking wells more than two miles away.
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