Bedford Concerned Citizens for Clean Water & PFAS Remediation

04/11/2024

04/11/2024

Great News…finally!

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule adding new limits on PFAS chemicals in public water systems announced Wednesday would go further than New Hampshire’s own limits and could have major implications for homeowners and water utilities, state officials say.

09/11/2023

https://vtdigger.org/2023/09/06/delayed-cleanup-of-industrial-contamination-starts-at-former-north-bennington-factory/

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, a manufacturing company that last owned the factory, took on the project under a 2019 settlement with the state. Some residents just want the building gone.

08/30/2023

https://www.readsludge.com/2023/08/11/chemical-company-funded-senators-float-watered-down-pfas-bill/?fbclid=IwAR1M_JwCUb9LPGLXzVf0UUYiPBPdhJTZoQo_bJAzEkuu6Z1zcbBiViLVXJw_aem_AVeBLyTeMnIRe29wV2nk0ddjc7T8R3CmcSLscu-XNI4bU43Z3TdNozHQzZ3GgTL6Glk&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

A new draft bill from Sens. Carper and Capito would exempt thousands of PFAS substances from regulation.

08/23/2023

Mission Accomplished.

The company has been under fire for years for their use of PFAS chemicals, which have contaminated water in the area around their facility in Merrimack. But the exact timing of the closure remains unclear.