​TONAWANDA, N.Y. — ​The results of a recent study into the soil at the former Tonawanda Coke site found two areas with elevated levels of PAH, which the CDC considers to be cancer-causing chemicals.

Those areas include the immediate area around the facility and the Northwestern edge of it.

Researchers say the elevated levels there can be attributed to the company with an 85% degree of certainty.

Any homes in those areas will receive a letter detailing the findings.

Tonawanda Coke was found guilty of violating the Clean Air Act in 2013. The site was shut down in 2018.

More than 377 soil samples were tested over the course of the study.