BRUNSWICK (WGME) – A well at a golf course in Brunswick is contaminated with PFAS, well over levels considered safe. Maine ...

The preliminary plan is to lease the field to grow other crops that do not absorb as much PFAS as hay does. Any revenue would ...

In many ways, Maine and Minnesota had the first words on the regulation of PFAS in the U.S. Their broad definitions of the chemicals set the stage ...

Learn more. Over the past several years, Maine has taken numerous steps in addressing the growing concern of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. With the implementation of ...

The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as ...

While several states, including Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Maine, have moved to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cookware ...

A public hearing took place Tuesday on a bill to help Mainers exposed to forever chemicals get better access to blood testing.

USDA Review of University of Maine Funding Could Hit PFAS, Biofuel Research By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - A U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation into the agency's funding for the University ...

Until now, only Denmark, in 2020, and the US state of Maine, a year later, had enacted laws to progressively ban PFAS from various everyday products: food packaging, clothing, footwear and cosmetics.

Maine has led a national effort to study the human and animal health effects of PFAS contamination on farms. The research conducted at the university is typical of land-grant universities ...