[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Washington County condo complex near Cutler Navy base [ME] deals with water pollution by 'forever chemicals'"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Washington County condo complex near Cutler Navy base deals with water pollution by “forever chemicals”
The homeowners and town of Cutler will soon learn the results of Department of Defense water testing on a nearby former Navy facility.

By Joyce Kryszak
Maine Monitor
May 20, 2023

From the deck of their Beachwood Bay Estates condominium in the Washington County town of Cutler, Rita and Gary VanGyzen spend mornings drinking coffee and breathing fresh ocean air off the deep blue waters of Holmes Bay.

A promotional video produced by the condominium homeowner’s association captured the community’s lush green spaces, winding paths and seaside benches.

Not shown was the adjacent Cutler U.S. Navy Firehouse Station — the source of well contamination by PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals” used widely in many products, including firefighting foams.

Several types of PFOA and PFAS, which stand for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, were found in more than half of the 60 wells the Navy tested in the area, including those providing water for the 64 condominiums in 2019. The private condominiums sit on what was once the 80-acre former Navy Administrative and Housing Area, which was transferred to Cutler Development Corporation two decades ago.

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For the entire article, see
https://themainemonitor.org/washington-county-condo-complex-deals-with-water-pollution-by-forever-chemicals/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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