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DNR and DHS issue PFAS-based consumption advisories for Oneida County wells area and parts of Green Bay
Summary
DNR and the Department of Health Services published advisories after sampling found elevated PFAS in private wells near Stella and in tissue samples from waterfowl in Green Bay. The agencies recommend limits on fish and waterfowl consumption and issued guidance for deer in a five-mile radius around Stella.
The Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued PFAS-based consumption advisories this month after targeted sampling in two separate areas produced elevated concentrations.
Oneida County (Stella area). A statewide private-well sampling study in 2022 identified groundwater contamination near the Town of Stella. Subsequent surface-water, fish and deer sampling prompted a DNR/DHS advisory: for waters in and near the Moen Chain (Moen Lake and the connected lakes), the agencies issued a "do not eat" recommendation for all fish species; Sunset Lake and Snowdon Lake are included in the advisory as well as Starks Creek upstream to Starks Spring. For hunters, muscle from deer taken within a five-mile radius of…
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