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PublishedDecember 26, 2024
Navy has ‘moral obligation’ to remove foam, Brunswick airport authority says
The Brunswick airport authority on the hook for Maine's worst firefighting foam spill in decades says the Navy needs to play a larger role in toxic foam removal.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2024
Foam spill raises concern about Maine firefighters’ long-term PFAS exposures
The recent firefighting foam spill in Brunswick points to a much larger problem Maine has ignored.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2024
Cleanup of toxic foam spill has cost Brunswick’s airport $774,000 so far
The airport authority on the hook for a disastrous firefighting foam spill responded to the Environmental Protection Agency request for information, revealing previously unknown details about the hangar and the hefty cost of environmental cleanup.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2024
Brunswick Landing authority fixes hangar code violations
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority has completed the requirements outlined in a September fire code violation, though it still has more repairs to make.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2024
Greater Augusta Utilities District shuts down two wells for high PFAS levels
All water in the district, which provides public drinking water to Augusta, now comes from three wells near Bond Brook.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2024
Another deadline passes for fixing fire code violations at Brunswick airport hangars
After not being able to meet the Nov. 30 deadline for corrective action, Deputy Fire Chief Josh Shean said that rather than set a new deadline, MRRA and the Fire Department will decide on a date for a status update.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2024
Brunswick group organizing to do widespread PFAS screening in wake of toxic foam spill
The Brunswick Renters Organization is gearing up to create a database of PFAS levels around Brunswick Landing, highlighting concerns about toxic chemical exposure in marginalized communities and the need to raise awareness of contamination history at the former military base.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2024
On opening day of deer season, central Maine hunters largely unfazed by PFAS advisory
Hunters who got off to a quick, successful start to the season Saturday morning in areas around two new “Do Not Eat” advisory areas said they avoided the affected areas and were not concerned about contamination in nearby places.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2024
Deer and wild turkey contaminated with PFAS? What you need to know
An advisory against eating meat from certain parts of the state is the latest consequence of Maine's history of spreading sewage sludge for fertilizer. The sludge has since been found to be high in harmful forever chemicals.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2024
PFAS contamination prompts ‘do not eat’ advisory in parts of Albion, Freedom, Unity
Authorities are warning residents not to eat wild deer or turkey after testing found dangerous levels of "forever chemicals" in the area's wildlife.
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