Scientists from the University of Illinois in Chicago are studying the spread of ‘forever chemicals’ and their impact on public health in and around the site of a 2021 chemical fire in Rockton.
In the coming weeks and months, researchers intend to gather private well water samples and forge community connections to learn more about the 200-acre Superfund site along the Rock River and the ways in which PFAS contamination has spread through the area.
The Chemtool lubricant facility, which suffered a massive chemical explosion June 14, 2021, had been built on an existing Superfund site that was home to Beloit Corp., a paper-making equipment manufacturer that ceased operations in 1999…