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  • BASF, Water, Chemicals, Fish...Oh my!

    Raquel Garcia, Executive Director of Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision.|Jan 30, 2025

    "I was truly shocked to learn that BASF was urged decades ago to upgrade their facility and address existing pollution, yet no meaningful action has been taken. For over a century on the BASF site, industrial activities and the use of contaminated materials to build up the land have severely polluted the soil across the facility's 230 acres. Despite being aware of groundwater contamination since the 1970s-and entering two Consent Orders with EGLE and the EPA in 1986 and 1994 to prevent further...

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