Marinette Residents Want To Get PFAS Chemicals Under Control

PFAS may be foreign to many, but residents in Marinette, Wis., are living with the man-made contaminant. PFAS is short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances , a group of thousands of synthetic chemicals that don’t break down in the environment and bio-accumulate. That means they become concentrated inside the bodies of living things, like humans. PFAS are known as "forever" chemicals. Gov. Tony Evers recently announced that he wants to broaden efforts to regulate PFAS. In the meantime, PFAS