Tag: Parchment
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‘What did we do?’ Families anxious about chemicals found in tap water
Photo: Emergency response teams hand out bottled water to residents at Parchment High School. (CNN)It’s been about three weeks since Tammy Cooper last drank water from her tap. That’s when she saw a warning on Facebook for residents of her small Western Michigan town to stop drinking the water. In Michigan, water main breaks aren’t…
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What we know about PFAS contamination in Parchment drinking water
PARCHMENT, MI — Residents using Parchment’s municipal water supply were told on July 26 to immediately stop drinking the water after high levels of PFAS were discovered in the municipal water source. Public health experts link exposure to the chemicals with increased risk for cancer, liver damage and other serious ailments. Here’s what we know…
