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Toxic secrets: PFAS chemicals found in groundwater below Rutherford's former Truegain site

By Donna Page and Nick Bielby
Updated October 17 2019 - 8:32pm, first published August 23 2019 - 5:00am
THREAT: There are fears a toxic underground plume is speading at Rutherford after dangerous chemicals were found in groundwater below the former Truegain waste oil refinery site.
THREAT: There are fears a toxic underground plume is speading at Rutherford after dangerous chemicals were found in groundwater below the former Truegain waste oil refinery site.

DANGEROUS levels of toxic firefighting foam and cancer-causing chemicals have been found in groundwater below the heavily polluted former Truegain waste oil refinery site at Rutherford.

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