When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, first learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS taint their home’s well water, they wondered how their health might suffer.

Concerns are mounting in Cadillac regarding the potential release of PFAS chemicals into the air from groundwater treatment t ...

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

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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (BLOS) hosted its first Café Sci of the 2025 season July 16. Over 200 seats were filled ...

Two major environmental initiatives reauthorization of the Knowles Nelson Stewardship Fund and increased funding for the PFAS ...

The bill would match Maine’s definition of PFAS to one of the qualifications used federally. According to supporters, the current definition restricts any chemical with one fluorinated carbon.

Maine Laboratories, a PFAS testing facility in Norridgewock, recently expanded its capacity to conduct up to 10,000 PFAS tests annually, more than triple its current workflow. Unable to find local ...

A U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation into the agency's funding for the University of Maine could compromise research on biofuels, vegetables, and "forever chemicals" that have been ...

Only five other places in Maine have PFAS consumption limits as low as the Messalonskee. Quarry Road Trails didn't pollute the Messalonskee Stream from which it draws its snowmaking water.

PFAS in Maine can travel from stream to ski trail through snowmaking Harmful and persistent forever chemicals that accumulate in some water bodies can be sprayed onto slopes by machine, but the ...

After some shocking discoveries a few years back, Maine has led the charge in banning the use of sewage-based fertilizers, which have been found to contaminate farmlands with PFAS. Getting ...