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“The Dane County Board approved a bioremediation pilot project Nov. 13, a $1.5 million contract with the Dane County Regional Airport that has begun to clean up PFAS or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, according to The Cap Times.
PFAS are used in firefighting foam to tackle fires or airplane crashes, but the chemicals have also been shown to cause environmental issues, Dane County Board Supervisor for District 6 and Environment, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Chair Yogesh Chawla said.
‘What we’ve learned is that PFAS chemicals are hazardous at parts per trillion, and the EPA recently declared that PFAS chemicals are unsafe at any level,’ Chawla said.”…