Many clinicians remain unaware of the health risks linked to PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, ...

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

See the map. The Arizona Republic. A 94-year-old grandmother lost her house in the Texas floods. ... So far, Maine has focused its PFAS testing on farms, landfills, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry isn’t releasing any details about the first application for a share of a $70 million Fund to Address PFAS Contamination.

In a recent op-ed in this newspaper (“Commentary: Maine response to PFAS amounts to regulatory overreach,” April 1), Dale Craft, former Republican member of Maine’s House of Representatives ...

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry isn’t releasing any details about the first application for a share of a $70 million Fund to Address PFAS Contamination.

The Maine State Chamber is concerned that, unchanged, the PFAS law the Legislature passed in 2021 will hinder Maine’s climate action efforts and stand in the way of its ability to meet important ...

Maine was one of the first states to detect PFAS in deer. The presence of the “forever chemicals” in wildlife and fish has been increasing as a focus for public health regulators in recent years.