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How EPA rollbacks could impact PFAS clean up in Oscoda and Grayling

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Oscoda residents and Need Our Water (NOW) members rally in favor of additional PFAS clean-up measures on the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda on Feb. 15, 2023.
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Oscoda residents and Need Our Water (NOW) members rally in favor of additional PFAS clean-up measures on the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda on Feb. 15, 2023.

The Department of Defense says PFAS contamination at military bases in northern Michigan won't be fully cleaned up for years.

And as WCMU’s Emma George-Griffin reports, recent decisions by the EPA could further delay clean up at those sites and jeopardize drinking water.

Host Tina Sawyer sits down with George-Griffin to learn more.

Also on the show, state officials revoke Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop's access to Michigan's voter rolls, the wife of former Michigan House speaker Lee Chatfield took a plea deal in a nonprofit scheme, and new proposed data center regulations in the Michigan Senate would cap the amount of water they could use among other provisions.

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This podcast is produced in part by the members of NABET Local 412. This episode of Between the Lakes was edited and mixed by Rick Brewer. Our theme music comes from Gabe Schall. Mike Horace is our executive producer.

Tina Sawyer is the local host of Morning Edition on WCMU. She joined WCMU in November, 2022.