State Knew of PFAS in Flint R Before Switch, But May Not Have Told City

"FLINT, MI -- Testing of the Flint River showed rising levels of PFAS contamination before it was used as the city's water source four years ago.

But while that information was shared within state government in a report authored by a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services division director, it may have never been shared with decision-makers in city government.

The report -- "Measuring Perfluorinated Compounds in Michigan Surface Waters and Fish" -- lkyl substances -- in testing at 13 separate sites in the state in 2011 and 2013.showed that two samples from the river -- both taken downstream, north of Flint -- had the second- and third-highest concentrations of PFAS -- per- and polyfluoroa"

Ron Fonger reports for the Flint Journal August 27, 2018.