Report To EPA: Don t Make The Same Mistake In Franklin, Thoroughly Investigate Pollution
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This model estimates water contamination from the Amphenol site (red outline) could have spread farther than the EPA s groundwater study area (yellow). Warmer colors show higher possible levels of the cancer-causing chemical TCE.
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A new report urges the Environmental Protection Agency to fully investigate the pollution in Franklin before coming up with a final cleanup plan and avoid mistakes it made decades ago. Leftover contamination from old industrial sites in the area is thought to have caused rare child cancers.