August 24, 2009- Beneath the streets of Mancelona, as far as 400 feet under rock and clay, chemicals have roamed for half a century. And they have moved with what seems to be an awareness of the area's most sensitive regions -- its residential neighborhoods, its well systems and its recreational areas.
This is a village plagued by its past. Its main industrial property, a parcel that provided jobs to thousands in the 20th century and gave the tiny town its identity for generations, left behind hazardous substances that have survived in the groundwater. And that groundwater has helped spread the problems northwest beyond the village into Mancelona Township and adjacent Custer Township.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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