Don't swallow the foam! That's the message the Kent County Health Department and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services sent out Tuesday, June 5.
The precautionary advisory was sent out after the MDHHS and KCHD received test results from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality on surface water samples from Rogue River and Rum Creek. The surface samples were collected last October and foam sample from the Rogue River was collected just below the Rockford Dam in April.
Because of the amounts of PFAS found in the foam, MDHHS and KCHD have "concluded that swallowing the foam may pose a human health risk."
You can review the reports from the samples by clicking here.
Wolverine Worldwide responded to the report, saying in part, "The Kent County Health Department announced the test result today and issued an advisory. In that advisory, KCHD indicates that people using the river for recreational purposes should avoid ingestion of the foam, but that skin contact does not pose a health risk.
"While additional testing will be conducted and sources of PFOS in the river and foam are still being identified, we are doing our part to address it. Wolverine expects that the interception and treatment of groundwater at the former Tannery site will help reduce PFOS levels in this foam."
To read the company's full statement, click here.
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