MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • September 15, 2024
The fire suppression system in question at Brunswick Executive Airport was deemed “deficient” in the months before the PFAS leak. It is a sorry state of affairs when it takes a catastrophe like this one to sharpen the focus of our regulatory bodies and our codes. Our treasured local environment is not a testing ground. We know more than enough about what needs to be done and insisted on when it comes to curtailing toxic chemical contamination. Accountability and liability need to be crystal clear; the buck has to stop somewhere. And the consequences, where it doesn’t stop, need to be grave enough to be effective.