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Buried in the Water: The Toxic Legacy of PPG in Circleville

How a chemical giant left behind contamination—and a community still searching for answers.

Circleville, Ohio trusted its groundwater. Then came the shutdown of Well PW-6.
This episode dives into the quiet crisis beneath Earnhart Hill, where traces of 1,4-dioxane—a toxic industrial solvent—forced a reckoning with the legacy of PPG Industries. We unpack decades of voluntary monitoring, regulatory gaps, and the human cost of corporate pollution. Featuring archival reports, local voices, and a call for accountability, this is the story of a town that drank the silence—and is finally speaking out.

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