The Department of Defense announced Thursday, Aug. 17, the Air Force will help to expedite the clean up of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, at the former Wurtsmith Air Force ...

On Thursday, Jan. 18, the Air Force announced plans to install two additional stopgap cleanup systems at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, where, for years, toxic PFAS chemicals have ...

IOSCO COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The United States Air Force will be putting $13.5 million toward PFAS remediation efforts around the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda.

Environmentalists say the effort will help prevent PFAS from spreading across the region near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base.

For more information about PFAS contamination at the Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, visit the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team website.

Veterans of the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda from the 1970s, and their families who lived with them on the base, face increased risks of leukemia and other harmful effects from ...

Leaking chemical According to the Air Force's account, in October 1977, a Wurtsmith base housing resident complained about a peculiar odor and taste in the drinking water.

This large pile of broken up asphalt at the old Wurtsmith Air Force Base contains enough PFAS chemicals that it is considered too toxic to dispose of in regular municipal landfills, experts said.

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center began a second round of drinking water sampling at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, on Aug. 1, 2017. (Breanne Humphreys/Air Force) The report didn ...

The agency confirmed Monday that staff visited and evaluated the former Oscoda-Wurtsmith Air Force base site in September. But there have been no final decisions or agreements signed, the FEMA said.