Introduction
Welcome to Episode 118 of the IER Podcast!
Flexsteel Settles, Ends Decades-long Legal Dispute Over Elkhart Contaminated Groundwater Site
By Enrique Saenz
The former owner of three RV seat-assembly facilities suspected of contributing to a contamination plume that is now a Superfund site in Elkhart agreed to pay $9.8 million to settle allegations it violated state and federal environmental laws.
PFAS Contamination May Be More Widespread Than Limited Testing Indicates
By Enrique Saenz
Contamination from toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” is much more widespread than limited testing indicates, and “should be presumed” at tens of thousands more airports, industrial facilities and downstream wastewater treatment plants across the U.S., according to a new study.
That means that many more Hoosiers living near or downstream from dozens of industrial sites, military installations or solid waste landfills could be facing PFAS exposure and potential contamination.