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Forever Chemicals’ Toxic Legacy at Chicago’s Airports
Firefighting foam contaminated groundwater beneath O’Hare and Midway airports with PFAS chemicals, military investigators have found. It’s unclear how far it has spread.
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
When an American Airlines jetliner caught fire on an O’Hare Airport runway in October 2016, firefighters rushed to the scene.
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