DuPont contaminated groundwater

[Capt Worley PE]

^That's true. I remember trike being used like crazy, then all of a sudden in the early nineties it was the devil (one of the ozone depleting chemicals that got banned).

We used to just dump out a lot of stuff the regulatory bodies throw hissy-fits about today.

 

[snickerd3]

chlorinated solvents...it's in the reports.

subsurface source, dissolves in ground water, constituents volatilize from groundwater, results in gases that can penetrate slabs, or basements or whatever

it may not even be related to any illegal activity just because of the way that these chemicals used to handled. they were used for degreasing and cleaning equipment, machines, and manufactured parts. when the solvents were filled with gunk (other stuff that you don't want to get on you) after being recycled several times, the accepted practice was to dispose of them in unlined pits. disposal requirements changed, but not before lots of damage was done.

this. Or burn the stuff on the ground or in barrels