SHAFTSBURY – Town and state officials and residents held a meeting on PFAS at Cole Hall on Monday to air concerns and strategize how to put pressure on state government to be more responsive.

The testing of wells in recent years in southeastern Shaftsbury in the East Road area near the border with Bennington has revealed the presence of the “forever chemical.”

A ChemFab factory here — initially on Northside Drive in Bennington — coated fiberglass fabrics and other materials with liquid Teflon containing PFOA. The fabric, which was used in sports stadium domes and other applications, was then dried at high temperatures, resulting in exhaust from the stacks that spread over a wide area. The chemical over time leached into ground water. It is classed as a threat to human health and the envi

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