MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • January 5, 2025
Tens of thousands of gallons of firefighting foam that leaked from tanks at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station last summer have been sent out of state for disposal. On the receiving end were incinerators in Ontario and Arkansas, and the people living near those incinerators are rightfully concerned that the toxic chemicals could be hurting them.“Study after study shows we don’t build incinerators of any kind in white, middle-class neighborhoods,” says Gail Carlson, an assistant professor of environmental studies at Colby College. Until we can take full responsibility for our own chemical mismanagement, we have to stamp out mismanagement.