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Lawmakers press Health Department on PFAS and PCBs in schools; remediation funding sits with ANR
Summary
Committee members asked Commissioner Mark Levine about testing, thresholds and remediation for PCBs and PFAS in schools. Levine said much of the remediation funding is in the Agency of Natural Resources' budget, that the Health Department plays a testing and guidance role, and that diagnostic testing timelines have been paused through 2027.
Mark Levine, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, told the House Healthcare Committee on Feb. 13 that environmental‑health work — including school drinking‑water testing, lead prevention and testing for PCBs and PFAS — is a department priority but that much of the remediation funding and capital work sits in the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR).
Why it matters: parents, school staff and local officials face remediation or mitigation bills when testing identifies contaminants. One committee member said Bellows Falls Union High School had a $3…
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