Posted on 05.05.25

A group of Wichita neighbors are suing Textron for a chemical plume under their homes

Source: https://www.kcur.org/, May 5, 2025
By: Meg Britton-Mehlisch

A chemical plume of trichloroethylene, or TCE, was discovered in the 1990s and traced back to an airplane manufacturing plant in east Wichita.

A group of neighbors living near Central and Webb said in a new filing in Sedgwick County District Court this month that the airplane manufacturing plant across the street has created “a blight on their community.” Read more.

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