Read the full article by Pat Elder (Military Poisons)

“I attended the Brunswick Town Hall meeting via Zoom on Thursday, August 29, 2024. My report follows. I published a list of 2 dozen questions and distributed them to members of the town council, the press, and the public, but my questions were ignored. That’s fair. I’m an outsider.

In late 2021 I tested water for PFAS in the Androscoggin River and in streams leaving the Brunswick Executive Airport and I reported dangerous levels of PFAS using Cyclopure test kits. The Times Record questioned the efficacy of my results. I have taken samples of surface water draining from military bases at 400 locations throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan. There is very little unique about the nightmare Brunswick is living. I’d like to share what I know.

I have witnessed and played an active role in a dozen meetings like this across the country. The Maine Town Council officials were extremely professional in the way they conducted themselves. They were respectful of citizens who were visibly shaken by this public health crisis.”…