Why is PFAS-enriched foam forming on some of the cleanest lakes in the country?

By Jennifer Micale | BingUNews | October 2, 2024

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"A curious phenomenon springs up occasionally on New York’s Finger Lakes: white foam, sometimes in miles-long swathes, almost as if a massive washing machine emptied out into the water.

“These lakes have only been getting algae blooms for less than 10 years; it’s a very new problem,” said Richard W. Smith, founder of Sodus-based Global Aquatic Research.

Smith and colleague Stella C. Woodard are both affiliated faculty in Binghamton University’s Earth Sciences Department. After the appearance of frothy white foam on Canandaigua Lake, the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association (CLWA) hired their environmental consulting firm to investigate the foam and its connection to algal blooms."

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• North AmericaUS
• North AmericaUSNew York

Topics:

• ChemicalsPFAS
• Environment
• Wildlife
• ImpactDrinking water
• ImpactDrinking waterPrivate wells
• Health
• Measurement Techniques
• Monitoring Data