As many as 25 players in the Detroit Tigers' minor league system, including current big-leaguer Nicholas Castellanos, may have been exposed to PFAS contaminants.
According to Keith Matheny of the Detroit Free Press (h/t USA Today), Tim and Jill Osbeck have served as a host family for members of the Tigers' Single-A affiliate, the West Michigan Whitecaps, since 2010.
However, they found out in November 2017 the water in their home in Rockford, Michigan, "tested at more than 250 times the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's lifetime health advisory limit for PFOS and PFOA in drinking water, a level above which a lifetime of exposure could lead to health problems.