Kansas City, Missouri – Kansas City is now one of many cities in the US who are suing chemical companies because firefighting foam with dangerous “forever chemicals” has caused widespread contamination.
City officials said earlier this week that they would file a lawsuit in the United States District Court of South Carolina, where similar cases are being combined. The lawsuit is aimed at companies who make Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF), a fire suppressant that has been used at airports, military facilities, and industrial locations to put out fuel fires. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are chemicals that last a long time and are connected to major health and environmental problems.
The city’s complaint is mostly about pollution that comes from the Kansas City Aviation Department and KC Water facilities. Officials believe that decades of using AFFF at these sites have left contamination in the soil and groundwater that will last for a long time. This pose long-term risk for both the environment and public health…