PFAS contamination: Lawsuit in Westminster could be first of its kind in US

By Henry Schwan | Worcester Telegram & Gazette | September 23, 2024

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"Take a drive past the Wachusett Brewing Co. on Route 2A East, and then take the first left onto South Ashburnham Road and what you will see is a stretch with lots of trees and a fair number of lawn signs showing allegiance to Vice President Kamala Harris or Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.

You’ll also notice clusters of big, blue water jugs along the road in front of many homes, the kind of containers used for office water coolers. The jugs represent an environmental problem in this small town of 8,000 that resulted in what could be the first lawsuit of its kind in the U.S.

Donald Dudley and his wife, Nancy, aren’t one of the eight representative plaintiffs in the class action case, but they have some of the blue water jugs in their driveway. The Dudleys get deliveries at the home they’ve owned for 42 years, and for most of that time their private well supplied their drinking water."