Whiteford Twp., MI – The Monroe County Health Department, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Pilot Travel Centers are providing an update on the drinking water sampling conducted after a diesel fuel leak at the intersection of US-23 at US-223.
As of Tuesday afternoon, there were 146 samples taken to test for volatile organic compounds from homes in Whiteford Township. Of those, there have been 108 samples reported back by the laboratory.
There have been 97 non-detect samples, which means that any chemicals tested related to the diesel spill in the drinking water were below the amount that would be expected to cause adverse health effects.
There were 11 samples with detections of VOCs, but all were below the level of concern for health effects. This means that while that laboratory was able to find an amount of the chemical, the amount found is not high enough where adverse health effects would be expected from drinking that water. MDHHS is following up with these 11 samples.
There are still samples waiting to be tested at the laboratory and more sampling is being conducted this week as residents continue to schedule sampling.
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