PFAS

Proponents say the current law doesn't provide enough time to consider the persistence of the chemicals in the environment, and the time it can take for their health effects to be noticeable.

Alrededor de 40 personas de las comunidades de fe de NH se juntaron para una vigilia afuera de la oficina del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas en el downtown de Manchester.

The science and technology company Battelle is running the liquid left over from its “PFAS Annihilator” through testing in Massachusetts to make sure the chemicals are gone.

The company says it will demolish the facility over the next year. But state regulators want more clean up of PFAS chemicals in soil and groundwater on site.

The Coakley Landfill superfund site covers 92 acres of land in Greenland and North Hampton in New Hampshire.

NH State Rep. Rosemarie Rung pointed out that in New Hampshire those settlement funds will be directed to the Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund, which will provide loans and grants to public water systems where levels of PFAS, a class of harmful man-made chemicals, are above standards.

Cancer is a leading cause of death among firefighters nationwide. New laws in the state provide cancer screening to firefighters and encourage the use of PFAS-free apparel.

NH está destruyendo PFAS en espuma contra incendios. Estudio de Dartmouth descubre que PFAS podrían afectar a madres lactantes. Una aompañía de camiones de Mass. es culpable por el choque de Randolph en 2019.

The state is contracting with Ohio-based Revive Environmental Technology to break down PFAS in AFFF. AFFF has been linked to increased health issues in firefighters.

“I think it often is very surprising to people,” said Megan E. Romano, the Dartmouth researcher who led the study, “to think about this idea that chemicals in our environment might influence lactation.”