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PFAS commission warns contamination is persistent as Saint‑Gobain plans demolition; remediation questions remain
Summary
The Bedford PFAS legislative study commission told the council that PFOA/PFAS levels have remained stable years after industrial use stopped, that planned demolition at the Saint‑Gobain site raises remediation concerns, and that changing federal and state standards will expand remediation responsibilities.
Chris Bandezian, speaking for the regional PFAS legislative study commission, presented the commission’s fifth interim report to the Bedford Town Council on Nov. 13, saying that untreated PFOA/PFAS levels in local wells have remained persistent despite the end of industrial use roughly 20 years ago.
Bandezian said the Merrimack Village District (MVD) system extracts large volumes of water and that one local well (Well 4) serving Greenfield Farms and Cabot Preserve had been pulled offline and returned to service after carbon filtration. He warned that ongoing air deposition and legacy contamination mean groundwater impacts are widespread…
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