For more than a hundred years, leather was tanned in the center of Lichtenvoorde. Now that the factory is gone, it has become clear what was left behind: PFAS in the groundwater. Substances that hardly break down and can cost millions to clean up.
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For more than a hundred years, leather was tanned in the center of Lichtenvoorde. Now that the factory is gone, it has become clear what was left behind: PFAS in the groundwater. Substances that hardly break down and can cost millions to clean up.