BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 30, 2024
Some of the toxic firefighting foam that spilled at Brunswick Executive Airport last week made its way onto a nearby community garden used by immigrants and asylum seekers, according to the organization that manages it, the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. Steve Walker, the land trust’s director, expressed concern about the potential contamination to the garden during a public forum about the spill on Thursday night, after he reported seeing foam land there in the days afterwards. The firefighting foam, which has also made its way to some nearby bodies of water, contains harmful PFAS chemicals. Authorities say they’re doing a range of monitoring of water and soil for contamination related to the spill.