PFAS
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
View the list of Maine’s PFAS advisories for freshwater fish consumption
The state has tested 1,800 fish culled from 112 locations since it first began testing for perfluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl substances.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2024
Lawmakers want to rewrite timeline for Maine’s PFAS product sales ban
The Environment and Natural Resources Committee votes 6-5 to push back the state's ban on the sale of most products that contain forever chemicals to 2032, 2 years later than the current deadline.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2024
Opinion: PFAS law will hinder Maine’s climate efforts
The current law has troubling ramifications for heat pumps. An amendment proposed by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection will make the law more workable.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
Maine gets first application from a farmer who wants to sell contaminated farmland
The request was received on Monday, the first day the state began accepting applications for the $70 million Fund to Address PFAS Contamination.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
Proposal would exempt agricultural pesticides from law banning forever chemicals
Proponents of the bill say farmers need more time to move to alternatives, but opponents say the current law is reasonable and raise concerns about PFAS contamination of food.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2024
Opinion: The state must slow Casella’s rush to expand landfill
A hurry-up contract extension of the landfill in Old Town would serve neither the people nor the environment.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2024
Turf fields may have ‘forever chemicals.’ Should kids be playing on them?
Researchers are conducting studies to determine whether PFAS and other chemicals detected in turf can end up on athletes and pose a risk to their health.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2024
Maine compromise would exempt some industries from ban on ‘forever chemicals’
The chemicals, known as PFAS, are contained in a wide variety of industrial and consumer products.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2024
Forever chemicals in landfills threaten groundwater, streams and rivers
There is no evidence the pollutant-laden wastewater that forms when rain trickles through a landfill is escaping from the holding tanks, ponds or lagoons where it is stored, but then again, no one is looking.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2024
Opinion: Maine must continue battling PFAS
Recent attempts to roll back reporting requirements by some businesses are imperiling progress made on identifying products containing 'forever chemicals.'
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