In recent years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken interim steps to address cancer-causing chemicals that spread from a former industrial site. Now it's going to the source.
after several children were diagnosed with rare forms of cancer. Since 2008, at least 79 cases of pediatric cancer were reported in the area, according to Kari Rhinehart, a co-founder of a local nonprofit raising awareness about contamination in the community. Rhinehart'sChemicals found at the site are known to cause cancer, but it is impossible to determine if contamination contributed to cases in Johnson County.
Following community outcry, the EPA and Indiana Department of Environmental Management reopened an investigation in 2018 andThis plan was approved after a 75-day public comment period. An EPA official previously told IndyStar these methods were tested in a pilot study in Franklin and it proved successful.Call IndyStar reporter Sarah Bowman at 317-444-6129 or email at
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