Lahr airfield – groundwater contaminated with chemicals

Drinking water not contaminated, water supply securedThe groundwater on the site of the former airfield Lahr is contaminated with PFAS chemicals.These are so-called eternity chemicals, which are hardly degraded and can accumulate in the body or in the environment.The pollutants range from the airfield to the eastern area of the Meißenheim district Kurzell, as reported by the Landratsamt des Ortenaukreises. Drinking water supply is not impaired. …