Sawyer Air Force Base, you can find links to those stories below.
Six years ago, a DEQ employee presented a 93-page report to a former DEQ director, warning of the PFAS contamination in the Great Lakes and other areas around Michigan.
Not too long after that report was issued, the DEQ performed state-wide groundwater testing; one of the suggestion listed in the 93-page report.
In our previous report, Local 3 reached out to the DEQ for a statement and was told that the department was supervising all testing being done by the U.S. Air Force at K.I.
Sawyer, however, they did not comment on the rising PFAS contamination across the state.
We have also reached out to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for an updated statement.
At this time, there are 31 confirmed PFAS sites in Michigan; two in the Upper Peninsula.
This is an increase from the 29 confirmed sites in May, when our previous report aired.
To see a map of confirmed PFAS sites and areas that have been tested for PFAS, click here.
Find more information on confirmed PFAS contamination in the Upper Peninsula below.