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“State Sen. Denise Ricciardi, R-Bedford, introduced a bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee that would hold liable facilities that used PFAS, or forever chemicals, in manufacturing. The bill, SB 413, would require PFAS facilities to be personally responsible for containment, cleanup, restoration, or other remediation regarding the ‘release or threatened release of hazardous waste or hazardous material.’
It also authorizes the attorney general to institute civil action to recover costs residents incurred as a result from PFAS pollution caused by a responsible facility.
‘We need to be responsible and take care the people and the health of the Granite Staters,’ Ricciardi said. ‘It should not be at the burden of our towns, our municipalities, or the state.’
The bill is another in a chain of legislation that addresses PFAS pollution, accountability, and its impact on human health after several instances of drinking water contamination. Merrimack is one of the most prolific cases of water contamination, home to the soon-to-close company Saint-Gobain which was known to pollute the town’s drinking water with PFAS.” …