GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Testing at an old landfill along the Grand River that’s being eyed for redevelopment as an aquarium has found contaminants above state cleanup thresholds, raising questions about whether pollution containment controls are working.
Recent testing at the former Fenske Landfill in the Grand Rapids suburb of Walker detected several groundwater contaminants above state criteria — findings which come as the former hazardous waste dump is being considered as the site of a new aquarium by John Ball Zoo.
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