Union Pacific sued over chemical spill affecting Wichita neighborhoods near 29th and Grove
Source: https://www.kmuw.org/, October 12, 2023
By: Celia Hack
Wichita residents living above a chemical spill from Union Pacific Railroad face property damages and a loss of property value as a result of the company’s negligence, according to a federal lawsuit filed this week by law firms across the country.
The class-action lawsuit addresses a chemical spill at a Union Pacific rail yard near 29th and Grove, which many Wichita residents learned about last year. The spill – which contains trichloroethylene, a carcinogenic degreasing agent – contaminated the groundwater beneath about 2,800 addresses. The groundwater plume runs about three miles, from 29th Street to the north to Murdock Avenue to the south, through many historically Black neighborhoods. Read more.
