When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS tainted ...

The Maine Public Utilities Commission said it would only select projects that would lower the cost of electrical generation ...

Scientists are also working on ways to break these chemicals down before they have a chance to harm humans or the environment ...

How to learn more. More information about PFAS contamination can be found on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s website. Residents in the Fairfield area can find more information ...

University of Maine researchers are creating a low-cost PFAS testing tool for farmers that delivers faster results via ...

Tools to address PFAS pollution are limited. Here's what researchers are learning about how these chemicals travel through ...

The Commission is soliciting clean energy projects located on PFAS-contaminated farmland, with proposals due next Friday, ...

A nonprofit group has purchased a central Maine farm that is heavily contaminated with PFAS and is opening it up to researchers with the goal of shedding light on ways to handle "forever chemicals ...

PFAS contamination in Maine largely has been linked to the spreading of sludge on farms as an alternative to fertilizer beginning in the 1970s, ...

PFAS contamination in Maine has been largely linked to the spreading of sludge on farms, which began in the 1970s as an alternative to fertilizer. Decades later, ...

Health Maine asks hunters to avoid eating deer, turkey in some areas because of PFAS contamination The presence of the “forever chemicals” in wildlife and fish has been increasing as a focus ...