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Comment by LeifCarrotson

I grew up (and still live in) the House Street Disposal Site that has very high PFAS contamination from 3M/Wolverine leather treatment.

There's a whole saga of testing involved:

https://www.michigan.gov/pfasresponse/investigations/sites-a...

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/environmen...

I ended up receiving a few complete blood surveys in the process - comprehensive metabolic panel, hematocrit, cholesterol, testosterone, albumin, bilirubin, thyroid markers, and at least a dozen other medical terms that I don't fully understand, plus what's apparently a more comprehensive PFOA/PFOS study than this one, with dozens of varieties of PFOS/PFOA.

I had a total of 9.8 ug/L in my blood, after drinking water that was 78ppt PFOS for decades.

According to your link, there were tests done by the state in the past, were you unable to participate in those studies?

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