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Mayor says PFAS found on Muskegon Lake does not threaten drinking water

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The city of Muskegon’s drinking water comes from Lake Michigan

“We do source our water from Lake Michigan not Muskegon Lake.

Muskegon mayor Ken Johnson says while the high concentration of PFAS foam on Muskegon Lake is serious

“Still obviously a concern.”

The City’s drinking water comes from Lake Michigan and does not contain any detectable level of PFAS pollution.

“Testing of the intake source which is Lake Michigan has been going on since 2018, pfas chemicals have been non detectable so we can breathe a sigh of relief.

This summer tests on foam found floating on Muskegon Lake detected high concentrations of PFAS. Grand Valley State University researcher Alan Steinman says they don’t know where it came from

“It’s kind of a mystery, it’s very its perplexing.”

Investigators from state PFAS Action Response Team looking for the source of the pollution say former industries on the lake may have used PFAS, but Steinman says more investigation is needed.

“At this point better to say we don’t know that give wrong answers.”

The Environmental Protection Agency calls PFAS a hazardous substance linked to cancer and other diseases,

“I know its of concern to the community.”

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