DoomsdaysCW<p>Still reeling from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> spill, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickMaine</span></a> residents push back on plans for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sludge</span></a> treatment plant</p><p>by AnnMarie Hilton, Tue, January 28, 2025</p><p>"Brunswick resident Sandra Carslick said she and her neighbors have been living in a 'bad dream' for the five months since 1,600 gallons of toxic foam spilled so-called forever chemicals at the already contaminated former Naval Air Station nearby. </p><p>"At a Brunswick Town Council meeting on Monday night, Carslick said that bad dream could soon become residents’ 'worst nightmare,' if the town reopens a processing site for chemical-laden [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biosolids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biosolids</span></a>] sludge from sewer treatment plants across Maine, and potentially beyond. </p><p>"The residents were responding to plans from Delaware-based <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViridiEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViridiEnergy</span></a> to update and expand <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickLanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickLanding</span></a>’s anaerobic digester, which converts sewage sludge — also referred to as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biosolids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biosolids</span></a> — into renewable natural gas and byproducts that get sent to landfills. </p><p>"During Monday’s presentation to the town council, company representatives explained how the facility would work and what local residents could expect. Several councilors said they would like to see additional data before deciding, but some already expressed concerns that the project isn’t right for Brunswick, particularly at this time. Members of the public also spoke for more than an hour, overwhelmingly concerned about the project and its potential to bring more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarmfulChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmfulChemicals</span></a> into the area. <br>"The town is still dealing with the accidental discharge last summer of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/firefighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefighting</span></a> foam containing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/perfluoroalkyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perfluoroalkyl</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polyfluoroalkyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polyfluoroalkyl</span></a> substances, also known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a>, at a hangar at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickExecutiveAirport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickExecutiveAirport</span></a>, which is also situated at Brunswick Landing. </p><p>"The spill has prompted environmental and public health concerns over the PFAS, which have been linked to serious long-term health problems including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a>, weakened <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immune</span></a> systems, developmental issues, and more. Since it started surveying and reviewing the material in the late 1980s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>] has found more than 700 chemicals in sewage sludge, including PFAS. </p><p>"Chet Benham, a senior advisor and one of the founders of Viridi, tried to address those concerns during the meeting, telling residents the facility will operate according to all state and local requirements. He said there are protocols to prevent spills of the sludge that will move through the closed-loop facility.</p><p>"'We feel really, really good about it,' Benham said. 'We wouldn’t be standing here before you if we didn’t.' [Typical <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bullshit</span></a>]</p><p>"According to Viridi’s plan, the facility would take in about 85,000 tons of biosolids per year, which would be processed into renewable natural gas that would feed into Maine Natural Gas. About 10,000 tons of solid material byproduct would be sent from the plant to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JuniperRidgeLandfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JuniperRidgeLandfill</span></a> in Old Town. Over the course of the discussion, it came to light that Viridi would also likely bring in sludge from outside of Maine in order to run their facility at full capacity."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/news/still-reeling-pfas-spill-brunswick-145952948.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.yahoo.com/news/still-reel</span><span class="invisible">ing-pfas-spill-brunswick-145952948.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotRiver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AndroscogginRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroscogginRiver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CascoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CascoBay</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>This is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PicnicPond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PicnicPond</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickMaine</span></a>. It is closed to the public because of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> contamination, but there is plenty of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> in the area, and the pond empties into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarpswellCove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarpswellCove</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CascoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CascoBay</span></a>.</p><p>Image source and more info about Picnic Pond:<br><a href="https://maineanencyclopedia.com/brunswick-landing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">maineanencyclopedia.com/brunsw</span><span class="invisible">ick-landing/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Stormwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stormwater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFASPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickLanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickLanding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickNavalAirStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickNavalAirStation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CascoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CascoBay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PollutionRunoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PollutionRunoff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WebOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebOfLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Superfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Superfund</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFOS</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>'Foam is being blown by the wind here, there, and everywhere': <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> clean-up continues</p><p>Within a mile of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickLanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickLanding</span></a> are three bodies of water that make up the local storm water systems, which the DEP said have likely been contaminated. </p><p>Author: Pearl Small<br>Published: 9:44 PM EDT August 21, 2024 </p><p>BRUNSWICK, Maine — "Three days after an accidental spill of more than 1,000 gallons of foam containing PFAS at the Brunswick Executive Airport, foam was still seen flying through the air on Wednesday as crews including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanHarbors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanHarbors</span></a> and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection attempted to clean it up.</p><p>"'Foam on these ponds is being blown by the wind here, there, and everywhere,' Suzanne Johnson, who sits on Brunswick's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a> advisory board, said. Johnson said this situation was one of her worst fears for the town. Although the DEP has said they have reason to believe the spill will not affect the town's drinking water, there are other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> concerns at stake.</p><p>"'This stuff is a forever chemical. It doesn't go away. So, the foam dissolves, but the chemical is still there,' Johnson said. Within a mile of the Brunswick Landing are three bodies of water that make up the local storm water systems, which the DEP said have likely been contaminated with the foam. Those three sources are natural ponds filled with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> and plant life. </p><p>"'Open water body sources was the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StormWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormWater</span></a> system for this property. This chemical spewed directly into those open bodies of water,' Johnson said. The path takes the foam directly into two ponds that lead to a source called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PicnicPond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PicnicPond</span></a>, which eventually connects to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarpswellCove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarpswellCove</span></a>.</p><p>"'I believe the areas connected to the discharge are already closed,' [but still teeming with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>] Melanie Loyzim, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner, said at a press conference on Wednesday. The ponds are mostly unreachable by people because they've already been listed as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/superfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superfund</span></a> sites and blocked off by the town due to past PFAS contamination. Loyzim said those levels will likely increase now. 'What we focus on is reducing exposure and preventing people from being exposed,' Loyzim said. [But who cares about wildlife or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CascoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CascoBay</span></a>?!]</p><p><a href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/public-safety/brunswick-pfas-clean-up-continues-firefighting-foam-maine-airport/97-f55d5e3d-7bf1-4761-9ea4-3594c0a5ada9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newscentermaine.com/article/ne</span><span class="invisible">ws/local/public-safety/brunswick-pfas-clean-up-continues-firefighting-foam-maine-airport/97-f55d5e3d-7bf1-4761-9ea4-3594c0a5ada9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFASPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PollutionRunoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PollutionRunoff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WebOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebOfLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFOA</span></a></p>
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