Michigan AG Advocated for Legislation to Support State and Public Recovery of PFAS Damages

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced support for two pieces of state legislation aimed at improving the ability of the State of Michigan and affected members of the public to recover costs and damages from parties responsible for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination. Attorney General Nessel emphasized the need for the state to “use every tool at its disposal to hold accountable the corporate polluters who knowingly contaminated our natural resources and jeopardized the health of our residents,” and explained that the legislation “offers the legal framework we need to not only ensure our residents have a fair process through which to make claims for damages from PFAS, but also to ensure the rest of our State’s taxpayers are not paying to clean up the messes caused by those who are responsible for the forever chemicals contaminating our environment.”