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PFAS is in fish and wildlife. Researchers prowl Michigan for clues

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J.D. Hock's heart sank in 2018, when the state of Michigan warned it was unsafe to eat deer harvested within a five-mile radius of Clark's Marsh in Oscoda Township. For decades, his family had hunted on property just outside the "do not eat" zone.

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