Source: https://www.news8000.com/, March 4, 2021
By: Amy DuPont

The City of La Crosse is suing nearly two dozen chemical companies it blames for contaminating dozens of wells near the airport. The wells are contaminated with dangerous compounds called PFAS. The man-made chemicals was used to produce the firefighting foam sprayed at the La Crosse Airport for decades. 

According to the city’s tests, PFAS in that foam spread through the groundwater, and into two city wells and more than 100 private wells in the Town of Campbell. The PFAS levels in more than 40 wells are so high, the water is unsafe to drink, cook with, or use to brush your teeth.  Read more.