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Vermont Well Owners File Federal PFAS Class Action Against 3M and Others

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Residents in Bennington and Shaftsbury, Vermont, filed a proposed federal class action alleging that PFOA, a PFAS “forever chemical,” contaminated private drinking wells for years, harming health and property values. The suit links the contamination to releases tied to former ChemFab plants and seeks a court-supervised medical monitoring program for people with elevated blood levels after at least six months of exposed well water.

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