🌱 New Jobs+ Long-Term COVID-19 Symptoms + PFAS Danger State Acts

Hello, Bedford! Let's start Wednesday off right. Here's everything going on today in Bedford.

First, today's weather:

A beautiful day. Mostly sunny, warmer. High: 41. Low: 33.

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Here are the top stories in Bedford today:

1. A New Hampshire woman with long-term COVID-19 is finally finding the help she needs. Tanya O’Mara was diagnosed with COVID-19 over a year ago and still has lingering symptoms. The Litchfield mother of five and her fiancé, Larry Probst, came down with the virus in November 2020. Her fiancé ended up in the hospital on a ventilator, but O’Mara had a mild case. More than a year later, she has lingering symptoms including nerve pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, and dizziness. After doctors ran tests including a CT scan and spinal scan that came out negative, O’Mara went to the post-acute COVID-19 syndrome clinic at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The acute COVID-19 syndrome clinic has treated 325 patients with long-term symptoms since they opened last April. O’Mara said, if you have long-term symptoms, "there's help out there." You can read the story here: (WMUR)
2. The state has endorsed a plan to set PFAS contamination standards in soil. Contamination by PFAS forever chemicals was traced to the Saint Gobain Performance Plastics plant in Merrimack. Residents in Merrimack, Bedford, Litchfield, and Manchester were potentially exposed to the harmful chemicals after contamination was found in groundwater and hundreds of drinking wells. The Environmental Protection Agency says the man-made chemicals can accumulate over time in the environment and in the body creating health risks to humans, as well as fish in contaminated water, and animals that eat plants and berries from contaminated soil that have prompted fishing and hunting warnings. Removing PFAS from the soil "is more complex" said Waste Management Division Director Michael Wimsatt. PFAS chemicals have been used since the 1940s in cookware, food packaging, and used to repel oil and water. Wimsatt told the House Environment and Agriculture Committee there is no magic bullet for treating soil, "and I don’t think we are going to have one any time soon.” You can read more about this story here (if you subscribe): (The Union Leader)
3. If you are looking for a job, there are new opportunities in Bedford and greater New Hampshire. Patch and ZipRecruiter are bringing you new job opportunities every week that are close to home. Here are a few new listings you may want to check out: Eversource Energy of Manchester is looking for a customer service representative, the Courtyard at the Manchester Airport is hiring a sales coordinator, and Single Digits, Inc. of Bedford is looking to hire a senior account director. You can find out more about these and other jobs here: (Bedford Patch)

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Today in Bedford:

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From my notebook:

• Bedford Area Weekday Events: Check out what's happening: (Bedford Patch)
• Bedford N.H. Community Television: "The BCTV - WBNH Crew is bringing you live hockey action." (Facebook)
• Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains: "Enter the 'To the Moon and Back' essay contest for your chance to win a Space Science badge." (Facebook)
• PFAS Exposure Virtual Information Session: About PFAS exposure in New Hampshire by The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) on Wednesday, Feb. 2 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. You can find out more here: (Press Release Desk)

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