Read the full article by AnnMarie Hilton (The Maine Morning Star)
“After a toxic spill last August, Brunswick Town Council member Sande Updegraph said many residents are still riddled with fears.
They are afraid to drink their well water, to bathe, to eat vegetables grown in gardens surrounding their homes. But they also fear people will forget about the devastation or that it may happen again in their community or another.
Most of all, Updegraph said, they are afraid no one is listening to them or has their backs.
‘The efforts to remove these fears start with you people sitting around the table,’ Updegraph told the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee during a public hearing Wednesday.” …