Community Exposure
• 527 wells in Bedford and Merrimack near the Saint Gobain Performance Plastics plant were sampled for PFAS contamination • 30% of wells had PFOA+PFOS contamination >70 ppt • NHDES conducted human exposure survey of 596 residents (across 213 households) in the Merrimack area • 28% of participants said they experienced new health concerns since living in the community • 20% of participants had multiple health concerns • Most common conditions reported fell into the categories of autoimmune, cardiovascular, reproductive, and developmental disorders
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