Toxic Firefighting Foam Complicates Vermont Effort to Phase Out ‘Forever Chemicals’
Source: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/, May 5, 2021
By: Kevin McCallum
Many Vermont lawmakers say they are ready to ban the “forever chemicals” that have contaminated drinking water in parts of the state.
They have many reasons. In Vermont’s best-known case, the chemicals known as PFAS contaminated hundreds of wells in Bennington after two former textile factories in the town baked them onto their products for years. Read more.