Those PFAS are a forever chemical, they haven't gone anywhere. The Huron River system is probably lost for fish to eat for a very long long time.IMHO

 

so I am going to have to drive 2hrs to ice fish because some dipwad decided to dump their crap in the river that's just wrong

 

LOTS of dipwads, with the federal government being one of the worst offenders. Just like many other industrial pollutants, this one is found in many products that we often use.

https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-m...aging-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfass

 

What ever it is, was there last year and the year before.

 

so like I said in my first post it is something I should be concerned about since a lot of the lakes I like to fish are part of the huron river system I cant seem to find info that is answering my quwstions or I might be missing something in the scientist language

 

Do a google search put Huron River and pfas. That will give you all the answers. I wouldn't eat any fish from anything connected to the Huron River. To UD it has been there for some years, for your health you probably shouldn't eat the fish. IMHO

 

Gentlemen I apologize, I will get off my soapbox, read the articles on it and make your own decision on it.

 

Saginaw River comes in a close second for some species...

 

YEAH it only takes me 15 or 20 minutes to get to most of the lakes I like to fish

 

Around most airports and i hear any military airfield as it was in the firefighting foam and was used in a lot of practice exercises. Wells and the upper Au Sable next to the Grayling Army Airfield and Camp Grayling and Lake Margarethe have it.

 

I also live in the area of portage lake. I don't plan on keeping any fish this winter, going to be very strange.

 

We have a bunch of other lakes out here, just fish lakes not connected to the Huron River.

 

I read some of the links in the post above and as long as you fish above wixom Rd we are good to go and I called the bait shop in wolverine lake and he said the same thing I trust his word

 

This is disgusting. Although I researched these chemicals and they’ve been in use since the 50’s. My guess is we’re all contaminated by now. Checked the state website and lots of places in Michigan have very high levels of these chemicals in fish, Lake Huron off Oscoda had like 11000 ppt when safe level is 70 ppt. What a disgrace.

 

Another growing regional PFAS pollution hotspot to watch is Sefridge ANG Base, adjacent to Anchor Bay on Lake St Clair. It is in the early stages of discovery right now.

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SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN -- A state analysis found contamination from two highly flourinated compounds spans the Kalamazoo River watershed between Marshall and Allegan.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality conducted a "relatively intensive" surface water sampling initiative around the city of Parchment after high amounts of per- and polyfluorinated compounds, or PFAS, were found in its drinking water supply.

Results released to MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette show levels of PFOS and PFOA, two PFAS compounds linked to serious health effects, were found throughout the watershed.

PFOS was found in the Kalamazoo River in concentrations between 0.6 parts per trillion and 49 ppt. PFOS concentrations exceeded a state human health and aquatic life standard in samples taken near Battle Creek, Parchment and Otsego.

Department of Environmental Quality personnel from the Kalamazoo district office collected water samples from ponds, stormwater drains and abandoned water treatment facilities at a closed paper mill in Parchment from Aug. 6-7.

 

sort of scary is'tn it

 

sort of scary is'tn it

They put these PFAS/ PFOS in Teflon non-stick cooking pots and pans for years. That’s pretty scary. From what I’ve read everybody has this stuff in their blood, kind of like pcb’s.

 

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has issued an emergency ‘Do Not Eat’ fish advisory for all fish between the Huron River at Milford (Oakland County) to the Huron River at Base Line and Portage Lakes (Livingston and Washtenaw county lines) due to PFOS. Today’s ‘Do Not Eat’ advisory replaces previous mercury and PCB guidelines that recommended consumption limits for fish from the Huron River.
https://www.michigan.gov/som/0,4669,7-192-29942_34762-474469--,00.html

This is the most recent advisory I've seen.

Bad news for sure.

 

Greatest resource of water in the world and this is what we do with it? Our government officials should bury their heads in the sand. Better yet, make them drink it

 

• That's the problem their heads are buried in the sand and their bank accounts are getting bigger for it

 

Their heads are not buried in the sand, they are just as, or more, guilty of putting that stuff into our waters as private industry is. If anyone still believes that our government(s) are looking out for the environment I suggest it's time to look a little closer.

 

Here’s an idea...
Lets all not keep fish for three years, let the PFAS pass and let the little ones grow.

Novel idea...but it just might bring back a few monsters.

The grocery store has clean fish ya know....

 

I think it's going to take just a tad longer for the PFAS to pass. Those fish in the grocery stores are contaminated with something if they come from the wild. There is no getting away from it.

 

One more reason catch and release is the best bet.

 

That stuff is basically soaked in the ground around most airports and military/former military bases/airbases

 

Apparently the Au Sable is worse than the Huron River. You can’t even eat deer from that area. Blue ribbon PFOS stream. Disgusting.

They should put some of those electrical fences, or regular nets up at the mouths of these rivers so Great Lakes fish cannot enter and get further contaminated. Also need to stop planting fish like steelhead, salmon and walleye and whitefish that migrate to the Great Lakes, or else just kill them all once they are in the river to prevent spread.