Kay M Grosinski Interview after KI Sawyer Clean Up Public Information Meeting May 22nd

K.I. Sawyer, Michigan – This interview with Kay Grosinski followed the public information meeting that we previously covered – Kay Grosinske Interview on Upcoming USAF Public Information Meeting Environmental Issues May 22nd

KI Sawyer Public Information Meeting meeting
Date: May 22, 2019
Time: 07:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location: KI Sawyer Heritage Museum, 402 Third Street in Gwinn.

Important Materials Related to Presentation, including handouts at meeting:

• 17 Slides – MDHHS PFAS Presentation K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base
• PFAS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• MAP KI Sawyer Clean Up Sites from DEQ
• Michigan Eat Safe Fish Graphic
• Michigan PFAS Response
• CDC – Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Your Health

Topic Covered:

• Almost 3 hour meeting
• Environmental Clean up Plan
• The water at K.I. Sawyer from Municipal Wells are safe
• Promised to Provide Electronic Slides (not provided yet)
• PFOA/PFOS – Emerging Contaminant
• Parts per Trillion
• Firefighter training environmental consequences for K.I. Sawyer
• Only one camp down gradient from Sawyer has been found to be contaminated
• Only one monitoring well found with contamination
• Cumulative verses not non-cumulative chemicals in food supply
• Moved from 1 mile survey moving to 4 mile survey area
• This summer more testing, though not all asked respond, and not all that respond give permission
• Sites up-gradient from former AFB cannot be caused by previous Air Force Base
• How adding oxygen will revitalize bacteria to eat diesel fuel
• Air Force provide bottled water and filtration if co
• Ongoing clean up of Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricant in Silver Lake Creek found 20 years ago has been very successful
• The 5 Trichloroethylene plumes have been delt with
• 30 years of landfills clean up will be forever if that is necessary
• The science of what constitutes a real risk – Measurement matters
• An abundance of caution

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• Sunny.FM Media Player: ( 26 Min. mp3)
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