[CPEO-BIF] "Community members want fishing lake near [Union Pacific] toxic site tested, but state says it’s not necessary," Wichita, Kansas

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Community members want fishing lake near toxic site tested, but state says it’s not necessary.
The state says its data and models show the lake doesn’t need to be tested.

By Celia Hack, Trace Salzbrenner
KMUW Public Radio/Wichita Beacon (KS)
October 13, 2022


On a chilly Saturday morning in Wichita, K-96 Fishing Lake is quiet — only one fisherman sits peacefully on the dock, watching the ducks. He has multiple fishing lines out but isn’t having any luck.

The lake just south of the highway along Hydraulic is a well-known fishing hub in the nearby community. Workers at a local bait shop said they’d been fishing there for years, catching and eating the crappie and catfish stocked by the state.

“I used to fish there and always threw back,” said City Council member Brandon Johnson. “But I also know people who take the fish out and eat it.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.kmuw.org/news/2022-10-13/fishing-lake-near-toxic-site


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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