Farmers in Maine face an uncertain future as PFAS contamination threatens livelihoods, but a relief fund offers financial aid ...
A UMaine senior spent two years untangling Maine’s fast‑moving PFAS response, revealing just how far the state has gone to ...
Previously, the EPA had advised but not required a drinking water limit of 70 ppt. Many of Maine’s other PFAS advisory levels ...
Updating our earlier post from March 2025, Maine has completed a regulatory process and has adopted updates to its PFAS in products rules to identify two approved Currently Unavoidable Use (CUU) ...
As of Jan. 1, Maine joined Minnesota as the first states to ban thousands of everyday products containing toxic PFAS chemicals.
Three U.S. states – Maine, Minnesota, and New Mexico – have laws restricting intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in all products under various compliance deadlines. In each ...
Compost is loaded into a truck at Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in Unity Township in September 2020. Photo courtesy Casella Organics. Casella Waste Systems is closing its Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in ...
Even after a state ban on products with intentionally added PFAS went into effect on January 1, some of those products are still being sold in Maine. The law aims to remove toxic chemicals from ...
Portland-based Defend our Health immediately found banned nonstick pans for online sale to Mainers from stores such as ...