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When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS tainted ...
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said it would only select projects that would lower the cost of electrical generation ...
The Commission is soliciting clean energy projects located on PFAS-contaminated farmland, with proposals due next Friday, ...
University of Maine researchers are creating a low-cost PFAS testing tool for farmers that delivers faster results via ...
Tools to address PFAS pollution are limited. Here's what researchers are learning about how these chemicals travel through the environment — and what farmers and landowners can do about it.
University of Maine researchers were awarded $2.25 million in funding from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, ...
PFAS contamination in Maine has been largely linked to the spreading of sludge on farms, which began in the 1970s as an alternative to fertilizer. Decades later, ...
The purchase marks a significant milestone in the effort to clean up the Brunswick Executive Airport after a major spill 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 ...
How concerned should we be about PFAS in our drinking water? Professor Rainer Lohmann answers this question and more.