Legislature passes nation-leading bill to protect Vermonters from PFAS vermontbiz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vermontbiz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bill to ban PFAS and other toxic chemicals advances in the Vermont House vermontbiz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vermontbiz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Courtesy Of U.S. Air National Guard/Andrew J. Merlock The Vermont Air National Guard took part in this U.S. National Guard firefighting training in Georgia in 2016 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. Elsewhere in Vermont, evidence of contamination has turned up in the leachate of lined landfills because discarded rugs, furniture and clothes break down, and the PFAS-based waterproofing on fibers washes away.