
The PFAS Problem
Clip: Season 1 Episode 12 | 16m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Catch up with what communities are doing to fight PFAS contamination in this update.
In March 2019, Great Lakes Now released the documentary “The Forever Chemicals,” which examined the impact of PFAS contamination in west Michigan communities. Here are some of the latest developments about how—without enforceable standards at the federal level in the U.S. or Canada—states and provinces around the Great Lakes are addressing PFAS in differing ways and on differing timetables.
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Great Lakes Now is a local public television program presented by Detroit PBS

The PFAS Problem
Clip: Season 1 Episode 12 | 16m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
In March 2019, Great Lakes Now released the documentary “The Forever Chemicals,” which examined the impact of PFAS contamination in west Michigan communities. Here are some of the latest developments about how—without enforceable standards at the federal level in the U.S. or Canada—states and provinces around the Great Lakes are addressing PFAS in differing ways and on differing timetables.
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