Pollutants including cancer causing trichloroethylene or TCE migrated from the Emerson Transmission Plant on top of a hill overlooking Ithaca and made their way 1,500 feet, all the way to the city's police station and courthouse.
Scientists found TCE vapors, which had made their way through the soil and into the buildings. Though the levels are considered low, the finding has many Ithacans asking how they got there.
The pollution may go back nearly a century when Emerson Plant was once The Morris Chain Factory. The state identified the pollution 20 years ago, but thought it was already cleaned up.
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