The field research at Borden demonstrated the behavior of contaminants and the remediation process in a way that non-scientists and policy-makers could understand and accept.
"[4] Cherry has also urged governments to devote more of their budget to groundwater monitoring, noting that unlike sewage treatment, it is not as politically popular because its benefits appear only over the long term.
The book helped readers see how the "pieces are connected" and get a more holistic understanding of the complicated subject.
[3] In 1987, he founded the University Consortium for Field-Focused Groundwater Research which consists of 26 principal investigators and 12 core corporate sponsors.
[5] Currently comprising 16 universities, it gives graduate students the chance to conduct research on contaminated industrial sites, much as John Cherry had done himself before.