LANSING, Mich. \u2013 The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has released findings from a project to determine concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in blood of Michigan firefighters.<\/p>\n
The project launched in 2021 and collected data from April 2021 through September 2023.<\/p>\n
The PFAS in Firefighters of Michigan Surveillance (PFOMS) project is a statewide initiative.<\/p>\n
A survey measures the amount of PFAS in blood samples and collects information about possible exposures.<\/p>\n
Firefighters have higher risk than the general public of being exposed to PFAS due to firefighting foam, PFAS-treated protective clothing, and contaminated equipment and station dust. <\/p>\n
Firefighters also experience the same exposures to PFAS as the general public through drinking water and contaminated food with PFAS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe findings of this report provide valuable insights into PFAS exposure among Michigan firefighters and will help us better understand firefighters\u2019 exposure to PFAS.\u201dDr. Natasha Bagdasarian, said chief medical executive. <\/p>\n
MDHHS is hosting two online webinars to review the study<\/p>\n
The first is on Wednesday, June 3, at 12 p.m. Register online for the webinar.<\/a><\/p>\n The second is on Thursday, June 4, at 6 p.m. Register online for the webinar.<\/a> <\/p>\n Findings in the report: <\/p>\n Confirmed concentrations for 13 types of PFAS, such as PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS, in the blood of Michigan firefighters.<\/p>\n Detected PFAS known to be found in PFAS-containing foam, such as PFOS and PFHxS, in more than 95% of Michigan firefighters. <\/p>\n Recommendations for fire departments and fighters: <\/p>\n Fire departments should follow federal and state\u00a0recommendations and report the use of PFAS-containing foam.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Firefighters should follow all guidelines for use of personal protective equipment, decontamination after fire responses and routine cleaning of gear.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n When possible, stop or decrease use of consumer products that\u00a0contain\u00a0PFAS, such as stain-resistant products and food packaging materials.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Pay attention to advisories about food consumption regarding PFAS, such as local fish advisories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Firefighters worried about their health should share PFAS results with a health care provider and make them aware of the ATSDR resources for clinicians to help you determine whether any medical action is needed.<\/p>\n MDHHS will continue to analyze the PFOMS project data to explore activities and behaviors that may contribute to PFAS exposure disparities among different members of the firefighting community.<\/p>\n For more information the report<\/a>, brief<\/a> and more about the findings can be found online at Michigan.gov\/DEHBio<\/a> or call 844-464-7327<\/a>.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LANSING, Mich. \u2013 The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has released findings from a project…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253,278247,20702],"class_list":["post-644708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ingham-county","tag-lansing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}