Thursday, March 6, 2008

Refinery neighbors have toxic legacy in Muskegon, Michigan

March 1, 2008 - George and Sandy Carroll love the Muskegon Township homestead they bought in 1994.

They expected to live there the rest of their lives.

They knew the neighborhood's groundwater was contaminated by petroleum products from Marathon's long-closed oil refinery site a short distance to the northeast. Marathon had test wells all over the place, including several on the Carrolls' land. They knew Marathon had bought other nearby homes and torn them down.

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