The Brunswick Planning Board voted unanimously to approve Bowdoin College's Pickard Field Athletic Complex renovation plan after determining three new turf fields would not contaminate the area with dangerous levels of PFAS, a class of chemicals that has been linked to cancer.
The Brunswick Planning Board tabled Bowdoin College’s proposed Pickard Field Athletic Complex upgrades until January, which will allow a third party to review evidence that the college's new turf fields are free of PFAS, a class of chemicals linked to several types of cancer.
Bowdoin College has submitted materials showing proposed upgrades to Pickard Field Athletic Complex would be free of potentially dangerous chemicals, but the Brunswick Planning Department on Friday recommended the Planning Board table the project until it receives an external review of the science.