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Residents in Salisbury, MD, are grappling with groundwater contamination from PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” linked to a Perdue Farms facility. The Maryland Department of the Environment identified the contamination in 2023, prompting Perdue to expand testing to over 900 properties.

Perdue AgriBusiness has expanded the area they are conducting testing for per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS), or “forever chemicals,” in groundwater at properties near their Salisbury facility.

Initial testing began on October 14th.

At a Thursday night town hall, over 100 community members learned that tests of private wells revealed more residents are drinking contaminated water. This finding comes from an early investigation by the Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico law firm, which filed a class action lawsuit against the chicken plant on October 11.

Attorneys representing the Salisbury community in a class action lawsuit over contamination from PFAS are holding a town hall meeting to discuss legal action against Perdue AgriBusiness.

The event is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury.

Tests showing elevated levels of PFAS in the groundwater at Perdue AgriBusiness’s soybean processing facility in Salisbury, MD, have triggered a wider investigation in the surrounding community and a class-action lawsuit.

A local law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Perdue AgriBusiness over elevated levels of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” at their facility on Zion Church Road in Salisbury.

Perdue AgriBusiness is facing a class action lawsuit. The legal move comes after elevated levels of PFAs, or forever chemicals, were identified in groundwater surrounding the company's Zion Church Road facility in Salisbury.

Salisbury residents have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against a Perdue Farms subsidiary over PFAS contamination found in groundwater on its site.

The law firm Baird Mandalas Brockstedt and Federico has filed a class action lawsuit against Perdue over its Salisbury facility showing elevated levels of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals."