The U-S Department of Defense will phase out PFAS [P-fass] in firefighting foam.
The move is part of a bipartisan agreement in Congress.
The Government Accountability Office says more than 400 military sites in the U.S. are contaminated with PFAS after decades of using firefighting foam.
Gary Peters is a Democratic senator from Michigan.
He says the effects of PFAS have been apparent in Michigan for awhile.
[We're trying to continue to push the D-O-D to act aggressively, particularly in areas like Oscoda, where this has been going on for far too long. We're trying to get them to act much quicker on that issue.]
As part of the deal, the Department of Defense will also work with states to create PFAS remediation plans and better maps of contaminated sites.