Bennington’s Sen. Sears joining lawsuit against Saint-Gobain

Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington. File photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDiggerSen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, said Monday he is joining a lawsuit against a onetime owner of the former ChemFab Corp. factory over chemical contamination in the area.
He lives in North Bennington within the state-designated PFOA contamination zone around the former factory.
Sears said in a news release that he was “joining the class-action lawsuit brought by residents of North Bennington and Bennington against Saint-Gobain