Scott Broom

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Scott Broom

The agricultural giant has spread wastewater on fields since 1989, an engineering report says. SALISBURY, Md. — Perdue Farms Inc. is calling claims made by a cancer survivor interviewed by WUSA9 misleading and is accusing her of amplifying fears in the Salisbury community. The reaction from Perdue came after an April 29 report, featuring 45-year-old resident Rachel Chaney. Chaney lives near a Perdue plant where the so-called 'Forever Chemicals' PFAS have been found in groundwater.

2 weeks ago | wusa9.com | Scott Broom

SALISBURY, Md. — At least 356 residential wells have been contaminated by an underground plume of the so-called 'forever chemicals' known as PFAS, according to the latest results released by Perdue Farms, Inc. to WUSA9. The results come as 97% of wells in a large suspected contamination zone, near a Perdue plant, that includes at least 920 homes, according to Perdue. The results bring into new focus the large scale of the contamination crisis, which was first made public in Sept.

2 weeks ago | wusa9.com | Scott Broom

Sheriff Chuck Jenkins joins with neighboring Carroll County sheriff as tensions rise. FREDERICK, Md. — Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins declared Friday that his deputies will not assist in enforcing any civil orders to force landowners to allow workers for powerline developer PSEG onto their land—adding fuel to a growing property rights battle that spans at least four Maryland counties. “This is a constitutional issue, a property rights issue,” Jenkins said Friday.

3 weeks ago | wusa9.com | Scott Broom

The automated plant sorting D.C.'s curbside recycling can handle 65 tons per hour. ELKRIDGE, Md. — The company that sorts curbside recycling for D.C. and Baltimore unveiled a cutting-edge $50 million recycling facility in Elkridge, Maryland on Wednesday. The facility, which began operations in late 2024, promises to dramatically improve the quality and efficiency of recycling for the District and surrounding areas, according to executives from WM, the plant operator.

3 weeks ago | wusa9.com | Scott Broom

An NTSB report states that the Bay Bridge—built in the 1950s and 1970s—is 30 times more vulnerable to vessel strikes than modern spans. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — In the wake of a scathing federal report and growing public concern, Maryland officials have announced new plans to safeguard the Chesapeake Bay Bridge from catastrophic ship collisions, just over a year after the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.