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KSD980741862. Cherokee County. Cherokee. The Cherokee County Superfund site is the Kansas portion of the Tri-State district. Acidic waters in mine shafts throughout the site, chat piles, tailings impoundments, surface waters in the mine pits, and streams draining the site contain significant concentrations of lead, zinc, and cadmium.
Early 2018 Department of Health & Human Services's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) was about to publish its assessment of PFAS chemicals, with a focus on two specific chemicals from the PFAS class—PFOA and PFOS—that have "contaminated water supplies near military bases, chemical plants and other sites from New York ...
Military bases. The water in and around at least 126 U.S. military bases has been contaminated by high levels of PFASs because of their use of firefighting foams since the 1970s, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Defense. Of these, 90 bases reported PFAS contamination that had spread to drinking water or groundwater off the base.
December 1, 2023 at 2:16 AM. MASHPEE — A new study detailing the scope of so-called “forever chemicals” in private groundwater wells near military bases across the country has found 17 wells ...
PFAS in Kansas drinking water. In March, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to limit six types of PFAS, some of which are likely carcinogens. “That means they are likely to ...
Sep. 22—A group of senators, including Ohio's Sherrod Brown, are urging Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to treat PFAS chemicals contaminating military installations with greater urgency. Brown ...
North Kansas City: The site was used by a series of herbicide businesses, including for manufacturing purposes, between 1948 and 1986. A 1989 inspection detected contamination from arsenic, pentachlorophenol, 2,4-D, and 2,4,5-T. Cleanup activities at the site have included building demolition and removal of contaminated soil.
The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. [2] As of August 17, 2022, there were 1,329 Superfund sites in the National Priorities List in the United States. [2] Forty-three additional sites have been proposed for entry on the list, and 452 sites have been cleaned up and ...