Massachusetts · PFAS in Water: What to Check
PFAS in Water: What to Check in Massachusetts
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01 · Your filing deadline
What is the deadline in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts has a 3-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims from the date of discovery. A lawyer can confirm yours.
Deadlines vary; a lawyer can confirm yours. An older diagnosis or a past filing window does not, by itself, establish whether you have a claim.
02 · Where cases are heard
Where would my case be heard?
Massachusetts has documented PFAS contamination at Hanscom AFB, Otis ANGB (Cape Cod), and the former Fort Devens. The Hyannis area on Cape Cod was among the first civilian communities in the nation to document PFAS in drinking water from military sources. Massachusetts has some of the strongest state PFAS regulatory standards in the nation and is an important PFAS litigation state.
Massachusetts personal injury claims are governed by M.G.L. ch. 260 § 2A, providing a 3-year limitations period from discovery. Federal PFAS claims proceed in MDL 2873 (D.S.C.). Otis ANGB (Sandwich, MA) on Cape Cod has documented PFAS contamination affecting Cape Cod drinking water — one of the earliest and most studied military PFAS contamination sites in the nation. Hanscom AFB in Bedford has PFAS contamination in the MetroWest/Route 128 corridor. Massachusetts set a statewide PFAS drinking water standard of 20 ppt (the sum of six PFAS) in 2020 — among the nation's most stringent.
How this works nationally
For the overall process and updates, read the PFAS in Water: What to Check overview. This page covers the local information available for Massachusetts.
What happens when I check?
You answer a few short questions about what happened. If you send them, your answers are kept on file. If a participating law firm takes these cases, it may contact you. People's Justice is not a law firm.
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