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Bennington College professors and students collect soil and water samples in neighborhoods around Norlite hazardous waste incinerator in Cohoes, NY (photo by David Bond)

$7.9 Million NSF Investment Brings Vermont Researchers Together to Address ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination

The four-year NSF EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence (E-RISE) award will establish collaboration across Bennington College, Middlebury College, the University of Vermont (UVM), and Landmark College to develop actionable understanding of how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) move through water systems and into the food web.

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Bennington College Team Finds PFAS Levels Rising in Many Local Wells

A Bennington College team received certificates of appreciation from the State of Vermont for their work analyzing well-testing data in a PFAS contamination zone around former ChemFab Corp. factories in the town of Bennington.