PFAS

The testing is part of a years-long plan targeting sites where sludge, septic tank sewage and industrial waste was spread as fertilizer.

Few issues unified Maine lawmakers more this year than the toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS, which have been detected at dangerous levels in some of the state’s dairy farms and drinking water supplies.

A new report from the Sierra Club and the Ecology Center of Michigan says that so-called "forever chemicals" known as PFAS were found in at least nine home fertilizers made from sewage sludge.

Maine's Republican Sen. Susan Collins and First District Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to take action to address contamination involving a class of so-called "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.

Advocates are urging state lawmakers to hold manufacturers of so-called “forever chemicals” accountable.Last week, the state announced that high amounts…

Some environmental health advocates say the final recommendations released this week from a state task force examining a family of chemicals known as PFAS…

The U.S. House has passed a bill sponsored by Maine’s two House members that would regulate PFAS, a group of forever chemicals that have been linked to…

Maine's two Democratic Representatives to Congress say they want federal agencies to better regulate a group of forever chemicals known as PFAS.Jared…

ARUNDEL, Maine - A Maine dairy farmer who has spoken out about contamination from "forever chemicals" in the state says he has been denied help from a…

A state task force examining the presence of the toxic chemicals PFAS in Maine has issued its preliminary recommendations to protect public health,…