LGOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Tests have found high levels of PFAS, a likely carcinogen, at 31 homes in the southern part of Algoma Township, as far as two miles from Wolverine Worldwide’s former House Street dump, the state said.
The Algoma Township findings are in PFAS test zones between Wolven and Jewell avenues NE, north of 10 Mile Road, straddling US-131.
In those areas, crews have tested 404 wells for PFAS. Of the 169 results so far, 65 tested positive for PFAS. Thirty-one of those are above the federal advisory limit for PFAS in drinking water, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality said on Tuesday.
A well at one home hit 9,800 parts per trillion, 140 times the EPA limit of 70 ppt, according to the DEQ. One homeowner in the area told Target 8 that he just got his results back and his level was more than 10,000 ppt.
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