Read the full article by Mara Hoplamazian (New Hampshire Public Radio)
“The French company Saint-Gobain has begun the demolition of its Merrimack facility, where manufacturing processes released PFAS chemicals into surrounding communities for years, contaminating drinking water for nearby residents.
Steel from the site will be recycled as scrap. Debris from parts of the facility heavily contaminated with PFAS, or so-called ‘forever chemicals,’ will be shipped out of state to a hazardous waste landfill. The company plans to leave behind the concrete foundation, with contaminants scraped off.
But groundwater and soil at Saint-Gobain’s site — a patch of land across from a bowling alley on the Daniel Webster Highway, on the banks of the Merrimack River — is still heavily contaminated, according to state regulators.”…