{"id":5213,"date":"2019-12-11T15:02:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/brinks\/?p=5213"},"modified":"2019-12-11T15:02:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:02:04","slug":"brinks-on-tentative-agreement-to-address-pfas-in-kent-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/brinks\/2019\/12\/11\/brinks-on-tentative-agreement-to-address-pfas-in-kent-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Brinks on tentative agreement to address PFAS in Kent County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING \u2014 State Sen.&nbsp;<strong>Winnie Brinks<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Grand Rapids) issued&nbsp;the following statement on&nbsp;Attorney General Dana Nessel\u2019s&nbsp;announcement of a tentative agreement between&nbsp;the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Plainfield and Algoma Townships, and Wolverine Worldwide to address PFAS contamination in northern Kent County:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery Michigander should be able to trust the water coming from their tap. No agreement can ever undo the impact of PFAS already felt by families and communities in West Michigan and across our state. However, the framework of this tentative agreement is a step in the right direction for those who have felt unheard for too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis settlement sends a clear message to big corporate polluters: those that pollute will be held accountable for their actions, because it is our collective duty to safeguard our water and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING \u2014 State Sen.&nbsp;Winnie Brinks&nbsp;(D-Grand Rapids) issued&nbsp;the following statement on&nbsp;Attorney General Dana Nessel\u2019s&nbsp;announcement of a tentative agreement between&nbsp;the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Plainfield and Algoma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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