TIMES RECORD • January 21, 2025
Shellfish living in streams near the Brunswick Executive Airport were contaminated by the August firefighting foam spill, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Tests conducted weeks after a hangar malfunctioned and released thousands of gallons of toxic foam into the nearby environment show elevated levels of PFOA (PFAS “forever chemicals”). “The release of firefighting foam greatly increased the concentration of PFOS in fish from the affected parts of Merriconeag Stream and Mare Brook,” the agency said. “But as there was already a do-not-eat advisory in place, there is no change for fish consumption advice given these latest data.”