A capping of land at the Strasburg landfill site covers contaminated ground.
After PFAS, otherwise called “forever chemicals,” were found in the ground and well water of Newlin and West Bradford Townships, solutions are finally coming through in the form of water filtration systems and a public waterline, writes Brooke Shultz for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Strasburg Landfill in Newlin closed in 1984 after contaminates were discovered, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducting clean up efforts until they deemed it no longer a threat. However, a routine test in 2023 revealed PFAS chemicals seeping from the former landfill…