{"id":2943,"date":"2019-06-11T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2019-06-11T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T15:00:48","slug":"new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire Files Lawsuit Over PFAS Water Contamination"},"content":{"rendered":"

As awareness grows about the widespread problem of water contamination from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)<\/a> and the potential health risks these chemicals may cause, more states are taking action to prevent PFAS contamination. The latest and most notable development is that the state of New Hampshire has filed a lawsuit against several companies for damage caused by PFAS.<\/p>\n

According to this report from WQP<\/em><\/a>, the lawsuit\u2014which names eight companies, including major corporations like 3M and Dupont\u2014claims that the companies “possessed unique knowledge” about the dangers of the chemicals without informing the public. The report also notes that New Hampshire is the first to target statewide contamination with such a lawsuit<\/p>\n

New Hampshire representatives say the goal of the lawsuit is to protect the state, its drinking water, and its citizens from this contamination moving forward. New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald is quoted saying, “The actions we are taking today is intended to ensure that those responsible for PFAS contamination to our state’s drinking water supplies and other natural resources are held accountable.”<\/p>\n

In recent months other states also have been involved in lawsuits related to PFAS contamination. In February, MassLive<\/em> reported that New York state had filed a lawsuit<\/a> against 3M and other manufacturers seeking damages for more than a dozen contamination sites across the state. And in May, NPR<\/em> reported that the state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit<\/a> against eight companies alleging they knew that the PFOA and PFOS used in firefighting foams would contaminate the environment.<\/p>\n

PFAS have been recently earned the nickname “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down naturally in the environment and they take a very long time to leave the human body. A recent study revealed the presence of PFAS in the drinking water of 43 out of 50 states<\/a>, impacting an estimated 19 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The state claims eight companies knew about the environmental dangers of PFAS and did not inform the public. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enpress-news"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Hampshire Files Lawsuit Over PFAS Water Contamination<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The lawsuit filed against eight major companies, claims that they \u201cpossessed unique knowledge\u201d about the dangers of PFAS without informing the public.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MONSTERS Unlimited\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MONSTERS Unlimited\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0226fd55beacc0756c1b40cd43459952\"},\"headline\":\"New Hampshire Files Lawsuit Over PFAS Water Contamination\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-11T15:00:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":314,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/New-Hampshire.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"ENPRESS NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Hampshire Files Lawsuit Over PFAS Water Contamination\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/New-Hampshire.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-11T15:00:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"The lawsuit filed against eight major companies, claims that they \u201cpossessed unique knowledge\u201d about the dangers of PFAS without informing the public.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/New-Hampshire.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/New-Hampshire.jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":801,\"caption\":\"New Hampshire\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"ENPRESS LLC\",\"description\":\"Where Innovation Flows\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ENPRESS LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo.png\",\"width\":\"358\",\"height\":\"122\",\"caption\":\"ENPRESS LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/1485113\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0226fd55beacc0756c1b40cd43459952\",\"name\":\"MONSTERS Unlimited\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.thinkmonsters.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.enpress.com\\\/site\\\/author\\\/monsters-unlimited\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Hampshire Files Lawsuit Over PFAS Water Contamination","description":"The lawsuit filed against eight major companies, claims that they \u201cpossessed unique knowledge\u201d about the dangers of PFAS without informing the public.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MONSTERS Unlimited","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/"},"author":{"name":"MONSTERS Unlimited","@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0226fd55beacc0756c1b40cd43459952"},"headline":"New Hampshire Files Lawsuit Over PFAS Water Contamination","datePublished":"2019-06-11T15:00:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/"},"wordCount":314,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Hampshire.jpeg","articleSection":["ENPRESS NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/","url":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/","name":"New Hampshire Files Lawsuit Over PFAS Water Contamination","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Hampshire.jpeg","datePublished":"2019-06-11T15:00:48+00:00","description":"The lawsuit filed against eight major companies, claims that they \u201cpossessed unique knowledge\u201d about the dangers of PFAS without informing the public.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/new-hampshire-files-lawsuit-over-pfas-water-contamination\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Hampshire.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Hampshire.jpeg","width":1200,"height":801,"caption":"New Hampshire"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/","name":"ENPRESS LLC","description":"Where Innovation Flows","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/#organization","name":"ENPRESS LLC","url":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo.png","width":"358","height":"122","caption":"ENPRESS LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/1485113\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0226fd55beacc0756c1b40cd43459952","name":"MONSTERS Unlimited","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.thinkmonsters.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/author\/monsters-unlimited\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Hampshire.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nG1a-Lt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2949,"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions\/2949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}