Posted on 08.18.23

Residents in a Wisconsin town with extreme PFAS contamination file lawsuit against paper mill

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, August 18, 2023
By: Laura Schulte

 Residents in a small northern Wisconsin town are suing a paper mill they say is responsible for the spread of “forever chemicals” on nearby farm fields, leading to contamination in their private wells.

Four residents in the Town of Stella filed a lawsuit last week against the Ahlstrom-Munksjö Rhinelander plant, which they say provided the sludge used for years as cheap fertilizer on potato fields surrounding the municipality. Other residents have indicated they plan to join the lawsuit as it moves forward. Read more.

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