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Belmont, Michigan -- Monday, Oct. 23, 2017

Lawyer AJ Birkbeck has been involved in drawing attention to the toxic levels of perfluoroctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) found in the soil near a dump site that has polluted ground water in a residential area of
Plainfield, Michigan.

Toxic leather scraps, the relics of a Hush Puppies shoe factory, have been buried for decades in the soil in Belmont, Illinois near Rockford, and new test results show that waterproofing chemicals in those scraps have tainted the area’s drinking water.

CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Belmont, Michigan -- Monday, Oct. 23, 2017<br /> <br /> Lawyer AJ Birkbeck has been involved in drawing attention to the toxic levels of perfluoroctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) found in the soil near a dump site that has polluted ground water in a residential area of <br /> Plainfield, Michigan.<br /> <br /> Toxic leather scraps, the relics of a Hush Puppies shoe factory, have been buried for decades in the soil in Belmont, Illinois near Rockford, and new test results show that waterproofing chemicals in those scraps have tainted the area’s drinking water. <br /> <br /> CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times <br /> 30212488A
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