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Nantucket health officials report PFAS detections, lone-star ticks and wastewater substance data
Summary
Town public health leaders reported PFAS detections in private wells, rising detection of lone-star ticks and early wastewater surveillance showing intermittent spikes in cocaine markers; the board heard updates on vaccine clinics, short-term-rental registration and human-services grants.
Town health officials delivered a wide-ranging Health & Human Services briefing that highlighted environmental contamination, vector-borne threats and new wastewater surveillance data.
Rocky Maramantes, public health director, said the department stepped up vaccine clinics this past season and has provided thousands of influenza and COVID vaccinations locally. He and his team also described environmental monitoring activity. "PFAS are commonly detected in groundwater on Nantucket with about 39% of residences in our dataset having a detect of the Massachusetts…
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