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Last week, Representative Bergman joined his Michigan colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to the Department of Defense (DoD), requesting a comprehensive report demonstrating how the Department of Defense’s efforts to remediate harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have progressed, with a particular focus on military sites and surrounding communities in Michigan.

As the letter details, “PFAS chemicals remain a grave danger to the health of our constituents. Residents in Michigan communities with former and current military bases continue to suffer the consequences of their decades-long exposure to these toxic forever chemicals.”

The members continued, “While we are pleased that some Interim Remedial Actions (IRA) are underway at these sites, we remain concerned about the health and well-being of residents in these communities. In 2019, members of Michigan’s congressional delegation sent a letter to then DoD Acting Inspector General Glenn Fine, requesting a review of the DoD’s use of PFAS at military sites around the country and the exposure to both military personnel and civilians living near those sites.

“While we appreciate the resulting report from the DoD OIG, many questions remain unanswered. Therefore, we request an updated analysis of the DoD’s efforts to address PFAS contamination at former and current military bases that build on questions originally brought to your office’s attention in 2019.”

Read the full letter here.