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Nantucket residents press town on turf fields, landfill and well testing after PFAS findings
Summary
Residents raised concerns about proposed artificial turf, an unlined landfill and private well contamination after local PFAS detections; town staff said monitoring is ongoing and Dr. Todd offered resources for testing and clinical follow-up.
Nantucket residents used a public information session to press town officials about local sources of PFAS contamination and what residents should do next. Concerns focused on a proposed artificial turf installation, legacy disposal at an unlined landfill, and private-well contamination near the airport and Madaket.
A resident said the planned turf project would add "80,000 pounds of plastic" to island fields and asked whether any parts-per-trillion level of PFAS is acceptable. Dr. Tamara James Todd, the session's keynote speaker, said she was not aware of epidemiologic studies directly linking turf…
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