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Lee Donahue on living amid PFAS pollution on French Island

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

November 3, 2023

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Town of Campbell Supervisor Lee Donahue discusses hazardous levels of contamination by PFAS chemicals in community water sources as it files a lawsuit against the city of La Crosse over the issue.

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