The director of Michigan State University’s Center for PFAS Research says the organization is focusing on solutions for farmers who are impacted by ‘forever chemicals.’
Fisheries and Wildlife professor Cheryl Murphy tells Brownfield there are a lot of unknowns about how PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, affects farming and the food supply.
“If PFAS is on your farm, it’s not necessarily a death sentence for your farm,” she says. “There might be some solutions that can be done, maybe there’s ways of remediating the soil, maybe there’s ways of stopping the water.”
Nearly 3,000 sites have been identified across the U.S., and some experts estimate nearly 20 million acres of cropland could be contaminated.
