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Health department posts PFAS data to property files; staff urges more sampling and outreach
Summary
Health department staff updated the board on PFAS sampling, said property-file PFAS results are now posted following a public-records request and MassDEP disclosures, and reported a new high (50 ng/L) west of town. Staff said more targeted sampling, public education and clinician resources are needed.
Nantucket’s health department reported March 20 that PFAS sampling data have been uploaded to property files and that the department will continue targeted sampling, public outreach and work with MassDEP on ongoing investigations.
The health department speaker said the office initially hesitated to post unredacted well results after guidance from MassDEP and privacy concerns but moved to upload results after learning MassDEP had made more than 100 unredacted sampling reports publicly available and after the department received a public-records determination instructing it to…
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