This collection is made up of articles discussing the pollution issues in the Carpentersville area in the 1970s and 1980s. The articles are primarily about the pollution cause by Cargill, Inc. but some pertain to McWhorter Technologies, Inc. The content in this collection ranges from 1964 to 1994.
- “Gets 30 Days to Comply With Building Code”, Valley Reporter, July 9, 1964
- “Village Board Denies Cargill Permit”, Valley Reporter, January 9, 1969
- “Plant to Install Odor Control Gear”, Courier News, March 27, 1969
- “Odor Survey Concluded; Carpentersville a First”, Fox Valley Courier Review, July 17, 1969
- “EPA Investigates C’ville Odor Problem”, Cardunal Free Press, August 2, 1977
- “EPA Investigates Foul Odor From C’ville”, Fox Valley Countryside, August 11, 1977
- “State EPA Agrees to Check Case of Odor in Carpentersville”, Courier News, January 17, 1978
- “Mystery Goop Found in Fox”, Fox Valley Countryside, April 20, 1978
- “Officials Cite Pipe as Root of Cargill Row”, Fox Valley Countryside, July 19, 1978
- “Cargill Installs Pollution Controls”, Cardunal Free Press, October 24, 1978
- “Agreement May Snuff Out C’ville Industrial Odor”, Fox Valley Countryside, October 26, 1978
- “Cargill Promises Fresher Air”, Courier News, November 4, 1978
- “Cargill Slates Large-scale Odor Reduction Program”, Fox Valley Countryside, November 9, 1978
- “C’ville Trustee Launches New Pollution Charges”, Fox Valley Countryside, April 19, 1979
- “Residents Renew Cargill Complaints”, Cardunal Free Press, April 20, 1979
- “Srajer Unhappy With EPA Action”, Cardunal Free Press, April 20, 1979
- “IEPA Locates Source of Cargill Discharge”, Fox Valley Countryside, May 10, 1979
- “EPA and Village Disagree on Latest Cargill Findings”, Cardunal Free Press, May 16, 1979
- “Cargill Says Odor Will Be Eliminated”, Cardunal Free Press, May 18, 1979
- “Cargill Found in Violation of EPA Pollution Rules”, Cardunal Free Press, July 2, 1979
- “Village Still Unhappy With Cargill Pollution”, Fox Valley Countryside, July 12, 1979
- “Cargill Testing Fume Arrestor”, Cardunal Free Press, October 31, 1979
- “IEPA Files Suit Against Cargill”, Cardunal Free Press, November 26, 1979
- “Illinois EPA Sues C’ville Chemical Firm”, Fox Valley Countryside, December 6, 1979
- “Oil Slick Removed From Fox”, Cardunal Free Press, February 1, 1980
- “Village Asks Feds to Enter Probe”, Cardunal Free Press, February 13, 1980
- “C’ville Claims IEPA Inaction in Cargill Case”, Fox Valley Countryside, February 21, 1980
- “Odor Continues as System Fails”, Cardunal Free Press, February 22, 1980
- “Cargill Tells Plans to Cut Pollution”, Fox Valley Countryside, March 6, 1980
- “Cargill, Carpentersville at Table for Pollution Talks”, Courier News, March 7, 1980
- “Cargill Odor Trap Working”, Cardunal Free Press, April 11, 1980
- “IEPA Gives Cargill Okay”, Cardunal Free Press, May 2, 1980
- “IEPA to Look into Possible Chemical Dumping Near Fox River”, Cardunal Free Press, June 10, 1980
- “IEPA Plans Hearing for Cargill”, Cardunal Free Press, June 25, 1980
- “Cargill Hearing to Deal With Fox Pollution”, Fox Valley Countryside, June 26, 1980
- “Cargill Discharge Permit Draws Opposition”, Cardunal Free Press, July 2, 1980
- “Valspar Waste Dumping Was Subject of Probe”, Cardunal Free Press, December 10, 1980
- “Board Passes on Cargill”, Cardunal Free Press, April 22, 1981
- “IEPA, Cargill Look to Halt Discharge into Fox River”, Cardunal Free Press, May 29, 1981
- “Cargill Empties, Cleans Holding Tanks”, Cardunal Free Press, June 3, 1981
- “Probe Cargill Leak”, Fox Valley Countryside, June 4, 1981
- “Officials Fear Yet Another Spill into Fox River From Chemical Plant”, Fox Valley Countryside, June 11, 1981
- “Cargill Appeals Permit to Dump into Fox”, Cardunal Free Press, June 12, 1981
- “A Smell in the Air”, Cardunal Free Press, August 26, 1981
- “Fox Pollution Probe Heats Up”, Courier News, December 2, 1981
- “Old Town Residents Recall ‘Town Dump’ in Seepage Area”, Cardunal Free Press, March 17, 1982
- “C’ville Drops Cargill Appeal”, Fox Valley Countryside, May 20, 1982
- “Pollution Board Rules for Cargill”, Fox Valley Countryside, June 3, 1982
- “IEPA Plans Appeal on Cargill Suit”, Cardunal Free Press, June 16, 1982
- “What’s in the Water” clipping, Courier News, August 1, 1982
- “IEPA Freeing $180,000 Grant Cash to C’ville”, Courier News, October 2, 1985
- “Plant Forgoes IEPA Permit”, Northwest Herald, January 9, 1986
- “Odor Complaints Just Sniffed at”, Northwest Herald, January 13, 1986
- “Cargill Seeking Permit by Eliminating Incinerator”, Northwest Herald, January 14, 1986
- “Odor Nuisance Uniting C’ville, Plants’ Neighbors”, Courier News, March 18, 1986
- “Residents Protest Cargill Odors”, Northwest Herald, March 20, 1986
- “Cargill Faces Odor Action” and “Investigation by IEPA Begins”, Northwest Herald, March 27, 1986
- “Cargill Matter Goes to Attorney General”, Courier News, May 1986
- “Controls Proposed for Cargill Odors”, Courier News, May 7, 1986
- “C’ville Dump Being Tested”, Courier News, June 6, 1986
- “Odor Problem Not Unnoticed”, Northwest Herald, December 8 ,1986
- “State May Seek Legal Action on Cargill”, Courier News, December 9, 1986
- “State Checks Out Odors at Cargill”, Courier News, December 12, 1986
- “None Hurt in Cargill Plant Fire”, Courier News, December 18, 1986
- “Attorney General Aide Explains Cargill Case”, Courier News, February 6, 1987
- “Cargill May Start Idle Incinerator”, Northwest Herald, July 23, 1987
- “Cargill Wants to Work Incinerator”, Northwest Herald, August 18, 1987
- Fact Sheet – Carpentersville Waste Site Remedial Investigation Report, November, 1987
- “Study Finds Chemical Pollution”, Northwest Herald, November 10, 1987
- “100-foot Smokestack OK’d”, Courier News, December 18, 1987
- “Cargill Gets OK for Tank”, Northwest Herald, January 25, 1988
- “C’ville Board ‘Burned’ Over Incinerator”, Courier News, February 3, 1988
- “Chemical Sites Stay a Mess”, Northwest Herald, September 15, 1988
- “Cargill Loses One in Court”, Northwest Herald, December 8, 1988
- “C’ville Board Cites Cargill”, Courier News, December 21, 1988
- “Cargill Neighbors Ask Assurances on Stack”, Courier News, June 1, 1989
- “Cargill Burning Permit OK’d”, Northwest Herald, September 30, 1989
- “C’ville Vows to Keep Pressure on McWhorter”, Courier News, May 18, 1994
