Tyco Fire Products turns down DNR request to provide bottled water for more residents

A company known for mixing firefighting foam including "forever chemicals" in northeastern Wisconsin has declined the state`s request to conduct additional testing of drinking water wells in the area and provide clean water to residents. 

Tyco Fire Products, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls located in Marinette, declined the Department of Natural Resources` request last month, again contending that the PFAS found in the expanded testing area was not the result of its operations...

...Kathleen Cantillion, the director of environmental communications for Johnson Controls, said in an email the company has repeatedly demonstrated that the compounds in the area could not have migrated from the training center.

"DNR has not presented any evidence or data to the contrary," she said. "The type of PFAS DNR found in the expanded area is very different from the type of PFAS in the plume from Tyco`s (fire training center) — they have different chemical signatures, which means they are from different sources."...

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Ken Notes: Read this for a better understating of the depth of the issue. Laura Schulte did a nice job covering both sides of this...