The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a warning against consuming fish caught in the Huron River from Milford to Pinckney this weekend, and it includes all the river-fed lakes from Kent Lake to Portage. Fish from Kent Lake recently showed high levels of PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate), part of the PFAS group of contaminants that has been making the news lately. PFAS and related chemical pollutants are residuals found in many industrial and consumer products including fire-retardant foams, fabric and carpet treatments, fabric waterproofing, and metal-plating operations. First brought to the attention of MDEQ in 2012, a task force … Continue reading PFAS testing for residential wells — while possible — isn’t easy or cheap