LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — State lawmakers say they’re making some modifications that would assist households impacted by PFAS—poisonous, cancer-causing chemical substances utilized in manufacturing and firefighting.
State Sen. Mark Huizenga and State Rep. Julie Rogers joined forces with consultants and moms to fight a problem that has impacted far too many.
“This new laws is targeted on youngsters and goals to proceed to have a look at the potential long-term well being results of PFAS publicity,” stated Rogers.
Households in Michigan and across the nation grew to become conscious of PFAS a number of years in the past, after they have been found in dozens of groundwater methods.
“As a result of blood PFAS concentrations change over time, you will need to proceed the research that has already been set in movement to find out future well being impacts,” stated Rogers.
Sandy Wynn-Stelt, Co-Chair of the Nice Lakes PFAS Motion Community, says she was contaminated 8 years in the past.
“Contamination of youngsters just isn’t a crimson or blue subject. It is a human subject,” stated Sandy Wynn-Stelt.
In keeping with the Michigan PFAS Motion Response crew, the chemical was detected at three previous Normal Motors services positioned in Lansing, but it surely was not present in any of the consuming water within the surrounding neighborhoods.
4 payments—Senate Payments 298 and 299 and Home Payments 4499 and 4500—have been launched about PFAS and blood testing. These payments nonetheless have to be accepted in committees earlier than transferring on to full votes within the Home and Senate.
“This is so crucial because when you go into a doctor to say that you’re in a contaminated zone, they tend to pat you on the head and say, well, it’s everywhere,” said Wynn-Stelt. “But when you go in with test results, your doctor reassures you that you are okay, or that they can start working on the treatment plan.”
