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The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection could bring out regulations early next year that would forcefully encourage towns to apply for new "watershed permits." Residents of towns without those permits could be required to upgrade their home septic systems.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has filed suit against more than a dozen manufacturers of firefighting foams that contain PFAS chemicals that have been linked to a range of serious health problems.
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During a tense, three-hour meeting Monday night, the School Committee focused on how to proceed after the town’s Planning Board voted weeks earlier to effectively quash the turf project.
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The decision, after years of debate, came down to what the turf was made with: PFAS chemicals.
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Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — better known as PFAS — has been linked to cancer, liver damage and other health problems.
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Firefighters from Fall River, Hyannis, and Nantucket are participating in a study to see whether PFAS chemicals are working their way from firefighters’ gear into their bodies. The results could eventually help lead to the standardization of protective apparel that’s made with less – or even zero – PFAS.
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Three wells in Yarmouth have had readings over Massachusetts drinking water standards and were shut down.
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The Oak Bluffs Board of Health will hold at least one more public hearing in January before voting on a regulation that would ban the installation, storage, and dumping of artificial turf that contains PFAS. The decision could derail a plan to install one such field at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
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A consultant hired to advise Nantucket on whether to replace natural fields with artificial turf has ignited a fierce debate on the islands. CAI's Eve Zuckoff speaks to the consultant, and to the reporters whose story in E&E news sparked interest.
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is warning against eating fish from five Cape Cod ponds due to contamination with PFAS chemicals.