MURFREESBORO. TENN. (WTVF) — Seven violations in ten months and the city of Murfreesboro says that’s just the beginning of new concerns raised over Middle Point Landfill.

City officials released a statement Monday calling the number of violations discovered by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation "alarming." The most recent violation involved leachate entering dry run-off ditches on the east and west sides of the landfill, according to TDEC's website.

Murfreesboro has argued that contaminants leaking from the landfill have been found near the Walter Hill Recreational Area and near the intake pipe for the Stones River Water Treatment Plant. The city says the contaminants contain harmful PFAS or "forever chemicals" that have been linked to cancer, immune system damage,

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