No-Contact Advisory Lifted for Kalamazoo River After Pfizer Chemical Spill

A week after Pfizer reported spilling 1,057 gallons of a potentially carcinogenic chemical into the water system for Kalamazoo, Michigan, local authorities said the affected area is now safe to access. The chemical spill took place at about 4:30 p.m. on March 12, according to Pfizer. The pharmaceutical company told the Kalamazoo County government that it had released an estimated 1,057 gallons of methylene chloride within the process area of its Kalamazoo facility, the company’s largest manufacturing site. The leak prompted the county to issue a no-contact advisory the following day as a precautionary measure, warning that all residents should stay away from the affected stretch of the Kalamazoo River while investigators examined water samples....