The city of St. Louis, Michigan would much rather be talked about as the geographic center of the Lower Peninsula.
Instead, there's a lot of focus on the legacy of pollution here.
The story of Velsicol Chemical in St. Louis, Michigan is quite complicated.
And it grows more so as plans continue to develop for finding and cleaning up the contamination left behind in this small town.
We've been working to bring you up to speed on the history of Velsicol Chemical in St. Louis, Michigan all this week. It's one of the most polluted places in Michigan. The company was sloppy, and mistakes were made when it first tried to contain its pollution on its old plant site.
Since then, the community has been working hard to push the government to give the city and the people in St. Louis a thorough cleanup. They hope that future generations won't have to deal with this toxic legacy.
See the timeline below, or go here for an expanded view.
