WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team has confirmed there is PFAS contamination at Chem Central, a longtime manufacturing property in Wyoming.
Chem Central covers two acres on Stafford Avenue near 32nd Street. According to MPART, hazardous waste leaked into the ground through a pipe caused by a construction flaw between 1957 and 1962. That resulted in soil and groundwater contamination.
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Testing conducted by MPART showed levels of PFOA — perfluorooctanoic acid — at 40 parts per trillion, well above the state’s maximum contamination level of 8 ppt. Testing also found 55 ppt of PFOS — perfluorooctanesulfonic acid. The state MCL is 16 ppt.
PFAS is far from the only issue at the site. Chem Central was designated a Superfund site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1983. It spent 12 years conducting soil and groundwater removal and treatment…