History
After the Industrial Revolution many paper mills sprouted up along the river were later found to be the cause of PCB contamination. The release of a photograph in Life Magazine (October 5th 1953), depicting the state of Kalamazoo River, with massive amounts of floating dead carp, caused a huge public interest in the health of the river. The Kalamazoo Superfund site was listed on the National Priorities List on August 30, 1990 after much work by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The First Cleanup Action was considered initiated in the end of 1990.
Read more about this topic: Kalamazoo Superfund Site
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