PFAS

The company is proposing remediation options that include monitoring pollution and limiting the use of the site moving forward, instead of actively cleaning up the PFAS chemicals present at high levels. State regulators are pushing for different options.

In 2016, PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, were discovered in hundreds of wells in the area surrounding the company’s Merrimack facility and many more have been discovered in the years since.

The Conservation Law Foundation says New Hampshire regulators did not consider a state rule meant to protect fish and people from toxic chemicals when approving the permit.

Federal rules to reduce the levels of "forever chemicals" in drinking water are getting delayed.

Laurene Allen, who co-founded the advocacy group Merrimack Citizens for Clean Water, has been advocating for remediation and justice in communities impacted by PFAS contamination for almost a decade.

The "forever chemicals" are commonly used to make products stain- and water-resistant.

La ACLU de NH está solicitando récords federales para ver si ICE planea utilizar la prisión de Berlin para tener a los inmigrantes detenidos.

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.