Forever Chemicals’ Toxic Legacy at Chicago’s Airports
Nov 11, 2023 / Inside Climate News / Story by By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
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.
When an American Airlines jetliner caught fire on an O’Hare Airport runway in October 2016, firefighters rushed to the scene.