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Residents press Select Board for clarity after Board of Health turf/PFAS motions; school committee urges science-based approach

Nantucket Select Board · April 16, 2026
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Summary

Multiple residents raised ethics and process concerns about Board of Health motions on artificial turf and PFAS testing; Hadley Dutra and others argued testing standards were unattainable and accused board members of letting personal agendas affect policy, while the School Committee representative called some proposed scientific claims unsupported.

During public comment the Select Board heard multiple speakers urge clarity and caution about an impending Board of Health motion that could affect artificial-turf projects. Hadley Dutra and other commenters criticized what they described as procedural missteps and urged the town to uphold ethics and accepted science; Dutra said an independent Weston & Sampson study found PFAS…

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