Brunswick United for a Safe Environment
@brunswickunited.bsky.social
Neighbors in Brunswick, Maine speaking out after MRRA's catastrophic release of PFAS-containing firefighting foam at Brunswick Executive Airport in 2024.
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"LR 2820 creates a rapid response fund within the Department of Environmental Protection designed to assist residents on private wells...
The funding is primarily intended for PFAS-related emergencies"
"LR 2820 creates a rapid response fund within the Department of Environmental Protection designed to assist residents on private wells...
The funding is primarily intended for PFAS-related emergencies"
Ankeles’ bill to protect private wells from toxic chemicals to be considered by Legislature | House Democrats
AUGUSTA –– A new bill from Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, could provide private well owners with greater support during and after environmental emergencies like chemical spills. Ankeles is introducin...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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"LR 2820 creates a rapid response fund within the Department of Environmental Protection designed to assist residents on private wells...
The funding is primarily intended for PFAS-related emergencies"
"LR 2820 creates a rapid response fund within the Department of Environmental Protection designed to assist residents on private wells...
The funding is primarily intended for PFAS-related emergencies"
Friends of Casco Bay "are now turning their focus on trying to identify the specific sources of PFAS" in Casco Bay
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Study on forever chemicals in Casco Bay nears completion amid rising PFAS concerns
Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine. It embraces 14 coastal communities, including Portland.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Friends of Casco Bay "are now turning their focus on trying to identify the specific sources of PFAS" in Casco Bay
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Tonight, @NewsHour airs a segment about They Poisoned the World and the wonderful, courageous people at the heart of the book. I promise their stories will inspire you! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals @CrownPublishing
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tonight, @NewsHour airs a segment about They Poisoned the World and the wonderful, courageous people at the heart of the book. I promise their stories will inspire you! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals @CrownPublishing
Save the date: December 9, 2025 6 pm
Public meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for the Former Naval Air Station Brunswick
**This meeting will be VIRTUAL ONLY**
Topics include:
💠Superfund investigation of #PFAS
💠Soil piles on Brunswick Landing
💠Drinking water well sampling
Public meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for the Former Naval Air Station Brunswick
**This meeting will be VIRTUAL ONLY**
Topics include:
💠Superfund investigation of #PFAS
💠Soil piles on Brunswick Landing
💠Drinking water well sampling
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Save the date: December 9, 2025 6 pm
Public meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for the Former Naval Air Station Brunswick
**This meeting will be VIRTUAL ONLY**
Topics include:
💠Superfund investigation of #PFAS
💠Soil piles on Brunswick Landing
💠Drinking water well sampling
Public meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for the Former Naval Air Station Brunswick
**This meeting will be VIRTUAL ONLY**
Topics include:
💠Superfund investigation of #PFAS
💠Soil piles on Brunswick Landing
💠Drinking water well sampling
Brunswick District 5 Community Meeting with @jhicks72.bsky.social
Sunday 11/16 1 - 2pm, Curtis Memorial Library, Morrill Meeting Room
"This is a time to hear updates, ask questions, and share ideas. Additionally, we will be collecting food to donate to the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program."
Sunday 11/16 1 - 2pm, Curtis Memorial Library, Morrill Meeting Room
"This is a time to hear updates, ask questions, and share ideas. Additionally, we will be collecting food to donate to the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program."
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Brunswick District 5 Community Meeting with @jhicks72.bsky.social
Sunday 11/16 1 - 2pm, Curtis Memorial Library, Morrill Meeting Room
"This is a time to hear updates, ask questions, and share ideas. Additionally, we will be collecting food to donate to the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program."
Sunday 11/16 1 - 2pm, Curtis Memorial Library, Morrill Meeting Room
"This is a time to hear updates, ask questions, and share ideas. Additionally, we will be collecting food to donate to the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program."
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Portland joins lawsuit over PFAS-laden firefighting foam at jetport
Portland joins lawsuit over PFAS-laden firefighting foam at jetport
The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to pursue legal action against developers of so-called forever chemicals amid concern that federally mandated fire-suppressing foam may have contaminate...
www.pressherald.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Portland joins lawsuit over PFAS-laden firefighting foam at jetport
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JOIN US! This convo will feature Professor Roy Gardner, an internationally recognized expert in wetland law and policy and the author of Waters of the United States: POTUS, SCOTUS, WOTUS, and the Politics of a National Resource. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
JOIN US! This convo will feature Professor Roy Gardner, an internationally recognized expert in wetland law and policy and the author of Waters of the United States: POTUS, SCOTUS, WOTUS, and the Politics of a National Resource. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Meeting Alert 📆
This Wednesday, 10/29 at 5 p.m.
MRRA Annual Board Meeting
Brunswick Town Hall (or via Zoom)
Topics will include MRRA's analysis of the root cause of their 2024 firefighting foam accident
brunswicklanding.us/event/mrra-b...
This Wednesday, 10/29 at 5 p.m.
MRRA Annual Board Meeting
Brunswick Town Hall (or via Zoom)
Topics will include MRRA's analysis of the root cause of their 2024 firefighting foam accident
brunswicklanding.us/event/mrra-b...
MRRA Board Meeting - Brunswick Landing
MEETING AGENDA MRRA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89913770614?pwd=yxZBO1baCuoFDfVm7KCDOdDmb3489z.1
brunswicklanding.us
October 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Meeting Alert 📆
This Wednesday, 10/29 at 5 p.m.
MRRA Annual Board Meeting
Brunswick Town Hall (or via Zoom)
Topics will include MRRA's analysis of the root cause of their 2024 firefighting foam accident
brunswicklanding.us/event/mrra-b...
This Wednesday, 10/29 at 5 p.m.
MRRA Annual Board Meeting
Brunswick Town Hall (or via Zoom)
Topics will include MRRA's analysis of the root cause of their 2024 firefighting foam accident
brunswicklanding.us/event/mrra-b...
Congress Members Question Pentagon’s Delay in ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup (🎁Gift link)
Thank you @pingree.house.gov for pushing for #PFAS cleanup!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Thank you @pingree.house.gov for pushing for #PFAS cleanup!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Congress Members Question Pentagon’s Delay in ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Congress Members Question Pentagon’s Delay in ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup (🎁Gift link)
Thank you @pingree.house.gov for pushing for #PFAS cleanup!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Thank you @pingree.house.gov for pushing for #PFAS cleanup!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
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This morning! 10/27 10-11 a.m.
Brunswick Office Hour with the Brunswick Delegation & Town Council
@mattieformaine.bsky.social (and others!)
Brunswick Office Hour with the Brunswick Delegation & Town Council
@mattieformaine.bsky.social (and others!)
October 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This morning! 10/27 10-11 a.m.
Brunswick Office Hour with the Brunswick Delegation & Town Council
@mattieformaine.bsky.social (and others!)
Brunswick Office Hour with the Brunswick Delegation & Town Council
@mattieformaine.bsky.social (and others!)
Meeting alert:
Brunswick Airport Master Plan Update
This Thursday 10/23, 6 p.m.
brunswicklanding.us/event/airpor...
The meeting offers a forum for residents to voice concerns to MRRA related to the impact of future Airport operations on our community
#BXM
Brunswick Airport Master Plan Update
This Thursday 10/23, 6 p.m.
brunswicklanding.us/event/airpor...
The meeting offers a forum for residents to voice concerns to MRRA related to the impact of future Airport operations on our community
#BXM
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Meeting alert:
Brunswick Airport Master Plan Update
This Thursday 10/23, 6 p.m.
brunswicklanding.us/event/airpor...
The meeting offers a forum for residents to voice concerns to MRRA related to the impact of future Airport operations on our community
#BXM
Brunswick Airport Master Plan Update
This Thursday 10/23, 6 p.m.
brunswicklanding.us/event/airpor...
The meeting offers a forum for residents to voice concerns to MRRA related to the impact of future Airport operations on our community
#BXM
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While partnering with an experienced research team is a privilege, I still feel we shouldn’t have to prove one type of cancer / health condition at a time when we know our exposure history and know what we see. I know other PFAS impacted communities would agree that exposure equals outcome.
Combing data, researchers confirm elevated kidney cancer rates in Merrimack and Manchester • New Hampshire Bulletin
A new study shows that kidney cancer rates in Merrimack are about 38% higher than expected and points to another possible cluster in Manchester, a Dartmouth researcher reported to a state commission O...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
While partnering with an experienced research team is a privilege, I still feel we shouldn’t have to prove one type of cancer / health condition at a time when we know our exposure history and know what we see. I know other PFAS impacted communities would agree that exposure equals outcome.
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🚨A critical EPA report found that PFNA—a “forever chemical”—can harm development, the liver, and reproduction, lowering birth weights and testosterone levels.
It’s been done for **6 MONTHS** but still has not been released.
Administrator Zeldin is burying the report and silencing science. WHY?
It’s been done for **6 MONTHS** but still has not been released.
Administrator Zeldin is burying the report and silencing science. WHY?
October 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨A critical EPA report found that PFNA—a “forever chemical”—can harm development, the liver, and reproduction, lowering birth weights and testosterone levels.
It’s been done for **6 MONTHS** but still has not been released.
Administrator Zeldin is burying the report and silencing science. WHY?
It’s been done for **6 MONTHS** but still has not been released.
Administrator Zeldin is burying the report and silencing science. WHY?
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This progress stems from LD 1911, which we proudly helped pass, and from the work of the PFAS Fund's Health Subcommittee, which our farmland contamination manager, Adam Nordell, was a part of! www.pressherald.com/2025/10/13/m...
Maine offers free medical tests for residents exposed to PFASMaine offers free medical tests for PFAS-impacted farmers
Covering the cost of blood tests for more than 600 households in areas where farms used sludge to fertilize their fields represents a turning point in the state's response to the crisis, from tracking...
www.pressherald.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This progress stems from LD 1911, which we proudly helped pass, and from the work of the PFAS Fund's Health Subcommittee, which our farmland contamination manager, Adam Nordell, was a part of! www.pressherald.com/2025/10/13/m...
Meet The Brunswick, Maine Town Council Candidates
Tomorrow!
(Thursday, 10/16 6-7:30 pm)
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Tomorrow!
(Thursday, 10/16 6-7:30 pm)
curtislibrary.libcal.com/event/14706191
Meet The Brunswick Town Council Candidates
Join us to hear from Brunswick's Town Council Candidates. Questions will be predetermined. To participate in the question-making process consider attending a volunteer planning...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Meet The Brunswick, Maine Town Council Candidates
Tomorrow!
(Thursday, 10/16 6-7:30 pm)
curtislibrary.libcal.com/event/14706191
Tomorrow!
(Thursday, 10/16 6-7:30 pm)
curtislibrary.libcal.com/event/14706191
🎁Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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And on Thurs. 10/16 @ 12pm ET
I'm excited to be presenting an update on Silent Spring Institute's research on #PFAS exposures and health effects for @mbccorg.bsky.social's monthly webinar.
register.gotowebinar.com/register/485...
I'm excited to be presenting an update on Silent Spring Institute's research on #PFAS exposures and health effects for @mbccorg.bsky.social's monthly webinar.
register.gotowebinar.com/register/485...
October 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
And on Thurs. 10/16 @ 12pm ET
I'm excited to be presenting an update on Silent Spring Institute's research on #PFAS exposures and health effects for @mbccorg.bsky.social's monthly webinar.
register.gotowebinar.com/register/485...
I'm excited to be presenting an update on Silent Spring Institute's research on #PFAS exposures and health effects for @mbccorg.bsky.social's monthly webinar.
register.gotowebinar.com/register/485...
***CANCELLED***
Due to the federal shutdown, the Navy has cancelled this week's meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board in Brunswick.
They plan to reschedule as soon as practicable.
Due to the federal shutdown, the Navy has cancelled this week's meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board in Brunswick.
They plan to reschedule as soon as practicable.
Public meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for the Former Naval Air Station Brunswick
October 9, 2025 6 pm
Brunswick Town Hall (and online)
Topics include:
💠Superfund investigation of #PFAS
💠Soil piles on Brunswick Landing
💠Drinking water sampling
media.defense.gov/2025/Sep/09/...
October 9, 2025 6 pm
Brunswick Town Hall (and online)
Topics include:
💠Superfund investigation of #PFAS
💠Soil piles on Brunswick Landing
💠Drinking water sampling
media.defense.gov/2025/Sep/09/...
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
***CANCELLED***
Due to the federal shutdown, the Navy has cancelled this week's meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board in Brunswick.
They plan to reschedule as soon as practicable.
Due to the federal shutdown, the Navy has cancelled this week's meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board in Brunswick.
They plan to reschedule as soon as practicable.
MRRA finally releases an report on the root cause of the 2024 firefighting foam accident at Brunswick Airport
"...a fault in the Notifier XP10-M, Ten Input Monitor
Module/Card...is the most likely primary source of the unintended discharge"
www.centralmaine.com/2025/10/03/l...
"...a fault in the Notifier XP10-M, Ten Input Monitor
Module/Card...is the most likely primary source of the unintended discharge"
www.centralmaine.com/2025/10/03/l...
Long-awaited report reveals electrical fault likely caused Brunswick PFAS spill
The root cause analysis report will be discussed at a Oct. 29 Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority board meeting.
www.centralmaine.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
MRRA finally releases an report on the root cause of the 2024 firefighting foam accident at Brunswick Airport
"...a fault in the Notifier XP10-M, Ten Input Monitor
Module/Card...is the most likely primary source of the unintended discharge"
www.centralmaine.com/2025/10/03/l...
"...a fault in the Notifier XP10-M, Ten Input Monitor
Module/Card...is the most likely primary source of the unintended discharge"
www.centralmaine.com/2025/10/03/l...
Good news: Maine’s #PFAS ban takes effect in 2026
'New consumer products containing forever chemicals will be outlawed in Maine next year after regulators denied exemptions for goods including nonstick cookware.'
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@mainepublic.org
'New consumer products containing forever chemicals will be outlawed in Maine next year after regulators denied exemptions for goods including nonstick cookware.'
www.mainepublic.org/business-and...
@mainepublic.org
Products denied exemptions from Maine's PFAS ban
State regulators said most items did not qualify for a 'currently unavoidable use' designation for the products.
www.mainepublic.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Good news: Maine’s #PFAS ban takes effect in 2026
'New consumer products containing forever chemicals will be outlawed in Maine next year after regulators denied exemptions for goods including nonstick cookware.'
www.mainepublic.org/business-and...
@mainepublic.org
'New consumer products containing forever chemicals will be outlawed in Maine next year after regulators denied exemptions for goods including nonstick cookware.'
www.mainepublic.org/business-and...
@mainepublic.org
Great behind-the-scenes story!
Team efforts of Friends of Casco Bay & Bigelow Labs to study #PFAS after Brunswick's firefighting foam spill
'The Brunswick results were staggering. “Some field samples were pure firefighting foam”'
www.cascobay.org/behind-the-p...
@bigelowlab.bsky.social
Team efforts of Friends of Casco Bay & Bigelow Labs to study #PFAS after Brunswick's firefighting foam spill
'The Brunswick results were staggering. “Some field samples were pure firefighting foam”'
www.cascobay.org/behind-the-p...
@bigelowlab.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Great behind-the-scenes story!
Team efforts of Friends of Casco Bay & Bigelow Labs to study #PFAS after Brunswick's firefighting foam spill
'The Brunswick results were staggering. “Some field samples were pure firefighting foam”'
www.cascobay.org/behind-the-p...
@bigelowlab.bsky.social
Team efforts of Friends of Casco Bay & Bigelow Labs to study #PFAS after Brunswick's firefighting foam spill
'The Brunswick results were staggering. “Some field samples were pure firefighting foam”'
www.cascobay.org/behind-the-p...
@bigelowlab.bsky.social
What do candidates for Brunswick Town Council think about MRRA and PFAS remediation?
The Times-Record asked them - check out their answers here!
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/25/m...
@pressherald.com
The Times-Record asked them - check out their answers here!
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/25/m...
@pressherald.com
Meet the candidates for Brunswick Town Council
Town Council hopefuls answer questions to help you decide your vote in November.
www.pressherald.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
What do candidates for Brunswick Town Council think about MRRA and PFAS remediation?
The Times-Record asked them - check out their answers here!
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/25/m...
@pressherald.com
The Times-Record asked them - check out their answers here!
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/25/m...
@pressherald.com
Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide
#PFAS
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/c...
#PFAS
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/c...
Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide
#PFAS
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/c...
#PFAS
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/c...