{"id":3067,"date":"2019-09-04T15:48:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T19:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2020-01-23T10:23:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:23:36","slug":"why-one-state-has-the-most-identified-pfas-water-contamination-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/why-one-state-has-the-most-identified-pfas-water-contamination-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Why One State Has the Most Identified PFAS Water Contamination Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/interactive-maps\/2019_pfas_contamination\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interactive map created by the Environmental Working Group (EWG)<\/a> illustrating PFAS contamination in the U.S.A., one particular state immediately pops out. In the state of Michigan, there are a high number of dots (representing PFAS contamination sites) clustered together in tight proximity.<\/p>\n<p>While a picture may be worth a thousand words, the image alone of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-report-shows-pfas-in-drinking-water-of-43-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PFAS contamination map<\/a> doesn&#8217;t tell the whole story. Although Michigan has been no stranger to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/president-obama-wqa-water-filters-flint-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">water contamination issues<\/a> over the course of the past decade, there&#8217;s more going on when it comes to PFAS contamination sites than meets the eye.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/2019\/08\/michigan-has-more-pfas-sites-than-other-states-theres-a-reason.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A recent <em>Michigan Live<\/em> article<\/a> explains the reason why Michigan has more PFAS sites than any other state\u2014and it&#8217;s probably not the reason you might expect. As noted in the article, Michigan has such a high number of PFAS sites because the state has been actively looking to identify them\u2014something most states are not doing.<\/p>\n<p>The article quotes the lead of Michigan&#8217;s PFAS Action and Response Team who says they&#8217;ve taken &#8220;the most comprehensive approach of any state in the country.&#8221; That includes testing &#8220;all public drinking water supplies, all schools, public industrial wastewater discharges and many lakes and streams&#8221; for PFAS contamination.<\/p>\n<p>While the EWG map might make it seem on the surface like Michigan has a bigger PFAS problem than most other states, the reality is that they are just ahead of everyone else when it comes to addressing the problem. Many states still don&#8217;t even know how wide-reaching their PFAS drinking water contamination problem is yet. Which means, they&#8217;re that much further away from working toward a solution.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Michigan Live<\/em> article notes that, &#8220;Within a year, Michigan expects to have enforceable drinking water standards for multiple types of PFAS among other regulatory changes that, officials said, increase protections for residents.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This state has the most known PFAS sites. 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