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Gas stations can be a contamination source, especially if they are abandoned. The city of Dayton officially cleaned up two former gas stations.
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The U.S. EPA's Superfund program includes the contaminated Valley Pike VOCs site in Riverside. Groundwater testing may soon identify more homes and businesses eligible for free environmental testing.
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Scott Smith shared results from testing near a lithium ion battery burning research site in Miami County. Both he and another scientist who reviewed the results recommend more testing.
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The PFAS annihilator is the only proven technology to completely destroy PFAS in aqueous film forming foam (or AFFF).
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A fire training site in Piqua, Ohio, became a hot spot for burning and testing lithium ion batteries. The way it was authorized meant few neighbors knew it was happening.
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Five Rivers MetroParks uses months of prep and a skilled team to safely hold prescribed burns for its prairie land. “The stakes are high when you're out here."
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There's a new Ohio program for fire departments to dispose of Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), to protect local water supplies and the environment from PFAS "forever chemicals."
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The Ohio EPA confirmed all biowaste has been removed from the site of the shuttered facility, around the same time that the federal lawsuit against Renergy was terminated.
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A Piqua city committee will look into a lithium-ion battery burning site after the Ohio EPA revoked the Piqua Fire Department and ESRG's open burn permit.
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Renergy's facility in Bath Township in Greene County, Ohio, was ordered to shut down last September. It requested an extension the day before the Ohio EPA deadline.
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Road salt use has doubled in the U.S., and it's polluting water. How Ohio is trying to prevent that.Salt is important to road safety during the winter months, but it can also affect water quality. So the Ohio EPA is working to decrease this form of pollution.
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$1 million will be distributed to local municipalities for equipment upgrades to prevent the over-application of salt on roads.