Report To EPA: Don't Make The Same Mistake In Franklin, Thoroughly Investigate Pollution Unable to load the audio player. playpausemuteunmute Article origination IPBS-RJC This model estimates water contamination from the Amphenol site (red outline) could have spread farther than the EPA's groundwater study area (yellow). Warmer colors show higher possible levels of the cancer-causing chemical TCE. Courtesy of Mundell A new report urges the Environmental Protection Agency to fully investigate the pollution in Franklin before coming up with a final cleanup plan and avoid mistakes it made decades ago. Leftover contamination from old industrial sites in the area is thought to have caused rare child cancers.