🇺🇸 USA May 17, 2026 · Greta Solsaa

State officials and local residents respond to ongoing PFAS contamination concerns in Bennington County

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State officials and local residents respond to ongoing PFAS contamination concerns in Bennington County
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A decorative antique well installed at a site where a PFOA-contaminated drinking water well was capped. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger



The state of Vermont is offering well testing, free water and other support for South Bennington and Shaftsbury in the wake of research last year that found PFAS contamination in the Bennington area has spread and worsened over time.



The state is also in active negotiations with the current corporate owner of the now shuttered ChemFab factory in Benn

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