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Public-health staff report new PFAS detections; MassDEP sampling underway

Nantucket Board of Health · December 19, 2025
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Nantuckets environmental contamination administrator reported new PFAS detections (including a Fulling Mill imminent-hazard detection) and said MassDEP conducted follow-up sampling; the town will hold a Jan. 22 online session reporting surface-water and foam results.

Andrew Shapiro, Nantucket environmental contamination administrator, briefed the Board of Health on recent PFAS monitoring results, reporting several detections since November and noting active MassDEP follow-up sampling.

Shapiro said testing identified several samples above the Massachusetts guidance level of 20 parts per trillion…

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