The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) is seeking community members to join its new Citizen Advisory Workgroup (CAW) to advise the state in its ongoing response to PFAS contamination.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals, commonly found in fabric treatments, soaps, firefighting foam and other products, that break down very slowly in the environment, are highly soluble and easily transfer through soil to groundwater.

MPART recently released its final report from last year’s statewide water supply study, which was the first of its kind in the