AmerenIP report says no imminent danger at site

CHAMPAIGN – A voluminous new report from Ameren says the public's health is not immediately threatened by underground contamination at a former coal gasification plant in north Champaign.

But test results in the report show contaminants in the soil, including benzene, have spread beyond the AmerenIP site to the north, west and east – and possibly to the south. And at least one groundwater well just west of the property, and others on the site itself, are contaminated with benzene, a known carcinogen, and other byproducts of the manufacturing process.

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