Forever Chemicals: PFAS in the Green Bay Watershed

In this installment of Wisconsin Sea Grant’s “Lake Talks,” Sarah Balgooyen will discuss PFAS in the Green Bay watershed. PFAS are a category of chemicals frequently found in firefighting foams, Teflon and many other common products. They are a hot topic in water research because they are estimated to contaminate the drinking water of 16.5 million people in the United States alone, and much more needs to be understood about these chemicals. Balgooyen completed her PhD at UW-Madison in 2019.