Companies leaving Michigan with PFAS will ‘pay the price’ AG says in new lawsuit

By Lindsay Moore | MLive | September 29, 2022

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"Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing an out-of-state company for PFAS contamination left behind in West Michigan.

Nessel filed a lawsuit against FKI Hardware, Inc. on Thursday after contamination was found at multiple properties in West and Southwest Michigan. FKI Hardware is the successor to the former Keeler Brass, owner of the former Keeler Die Cast company in Grand Rapids.

Headquartered in California, FKI Hardware primarily does business in Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims hazardous substances such as trichloroethylene (TCE), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and metals were found in the soil and groundwater. Certain sites had high enough concentration that the air may be contaminated as well, according to the Attorney General’s office."

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