Chemical test results were revealed at the February 6 city hall meeting.
Hazardous levels of granular chemicals landed on LaSalle residents, homes, and yards during the explosion at Carus Chemical on January 11, 2023. Test results of the granular product came back at 27,600 mg/kg of manganese and 133,000 mg/kg of potassium.
Citizens who attended the meeting asked a lot of questions. One local resident brought her furnace filter to show how black it is from soot and particles that entered her home. Another had a deer in the back of his truck that was found dead in the neighborhood. After calling the police, who came, looked at the deer and left, Jamie Hicks collected the deer, put it in the back of his truck and brought it to the city council meeting. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is now in custody of the deer and will test it for chemical poisoning.
Local residents recently completed a 3 year remediation of the soil in their yards after being declared a superfund site. The contaminated soil was removed and replaced with clay. Residents worried that the clay soil they now have does not as easily absorb water or chemicals and their pets may drink from contaminated puddles that accumulate on top of the clay.
👇Updates: 👇
We are working with the Sierra Club and an independent lab to test furnace filters. Jamie Hicks is collecting filters and will send them in for testing.
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