Science Sundays: "Minnesota's First Superfund site" with Gary Peterson from Ironwood Landfill

The Ironwood Landfill, located south of Spring Valley along the banks of the South Branch of the Root River, was the first Superfund site in the state of Minnesota with the discovery of over 1,400 barrels of hazardous materials found buried there in 1980.  Gary Peterson, former and also newly elected Fillmore County Commissioner, was a leader in exposing the danger and in the efforts to clean up the site in an investigation that reminds one of an Erin Brockovich story.  He will share the landfill’s history and legacy that helped shape Minnesota legislation for solid waste disposal and groundwater protection. For more, visit friendsoftherootriver.org