MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • November 27, 2022
Bowdoin College has recently upgraded its football field, stadium and outdoor track, but the playing fields remain basically the same as they were some 30 years ago. It makes sense that the college is planning to upgrade them. But Bowdoin’s $15 million proposal to install light towers, four artificial-turf fields, bleachers and other amenities poses serious challenges to the community, especially in the form of PFAS contamination from artificial grass. Even in low concentrations PFAS “forever chemicals”can cause cancer, liver problems, hormone disruption and abnormal fetal development in humans, not to mention environmental contamination for miles around. ~ Aaron Kitch, associate professor of English, Bowdoin College