‘A clear way forward’: Free health screenings offered for contaminated site in Wichita

Free health testing for Wichita-area residents who spent time around groundwater contamination near 29th and Grove is now available through a coordinated initiative that will connect them to clinics and community partners.

Clearway Testing, which officially launches March 9, will provide free health screenings this year through several Wichita health organizations for people who lived, worked, attended school, went to church or otherwise spent time near the northeast Wichita area from the 1970s to the present.

“Clearway is a targeted push to clarify things like, ‘What is testing?’ and ‘Why should I get tested?’” said Ryan W. Gates, CEO of PANO Marketing. “There’s a lot of murkiness around that, and so the idea behind Clearway is to clarify a clear way forward.”…

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