1st Vermont Home in Water Contamination Case Connected to New Line
BENNINGTON, Vermont (AP) — Vermont officials have connected a home with a private well affected by a suspected carcinogen to a new water line extension, the first of about 200 homes that are part of a settlement with a company.
An agreement approved earlier this year has Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics paying $20 million to extend municipal water lines to the Bennington area homes.
The state agreed to drop a lawsuit, which was filed after it found private wells were contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. Saint-Gobain’s now-closed factory in North Bennington used the chemical.
PFOA has been linked to certain kinds of cancer and thyroid disease. It was used in coatings such as Teflon and other consumer products.
Republican Gov. Phil Scott said Monday the effort won’t stop until all impacted residents have clean water.
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