Vivien Leigh and photojournalist Derek Thayer share some of the most recent research and studies to better understand PFAS ...

Once complete, SAWGraph will power an online map that will display contamination sites color-coded based on where the PFAS was found (soil, water, farm, food, domestic or wild animal), the source ...

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

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

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

Maine is not the only state that is restricting PFAS. Minnesota also requires that industry report PFAS use in products and will phase out non-essential uses of PFAS by 2032.

Maine could finally force Washington to take broader action. The state has developed the country’s first meaningful thresholds for the chemicals in some foods and soil, has banned the use of ...

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 ...

KITTERY, Maine — Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection is contacting 10 property owners to test for possible PFAS water contamination in their home wells after finding per and ...

Maine was the second state — after Washington — to pass a law in 2019 aimed at removing PFAS from fast-food wrappers, pizza boxes, picnic plates, take-out containers and other single-use food ...

A bill requiring manufacturers to report their use of a class of toxic chemicals and phase them out by 2030 is the law in Maine ...