Posted on 02.18.25

Residents fight new threat after huge toxic foam spill: ‘Worst nightmare’

Source: https://www.thecooldown.com/, February 18, 2025
By: Tina Deines

A Maine community that recently suffered what is being dubbed one of the worst chemical discharges in state history is now fighting back against a potential sludge treatment plant.

What’s happening?

In 2024, 1,600 gallons of toxic foam containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or “forever chemicals,” spilled onto Naval Air Station near Brunswick, Maine. Now, as Maine Morning Star reported, residents of this town of around 22,000 are concerned about Delaware-based Viridi Energy’s plans to reopen a processing site for sewage sludge in the same neighborhood. Read more.

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