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

Scientists are also working on ways to break these chemicals down before they have a chance to harm humans or the environment ...

The funding will support five PFAS-related projects being conducted by researchers at the University of Maine.

The "Safer Beauty Bill Package" would ban the most toxic ingredients in everyday cosmetics and create protections for the ...

Some of the PFAS are absorbed by fish, which are then eaten. Exposure to even trace amounts of PFAS poses a human health risk, according to federal regulators.

A lawsuit filed by the Penobscot Nation and conservationists pushes back against the DEP’s approval to add 12 million cubic yards to the Old Town landfill.

Medical research is ongoing. New study reveals common foods that may be exposing you to dangerous health risk: 'May still be ...

The bill also eliminates funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs and environmental justice initiatives.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has ...

How concerned should we be about PFAS in our drinking water? Professor Rainer Lohmann answers this question and more.

Since when is protecting Mainers’ health “no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities”? The May 23 photo of farmer Adam Nordell walking over fields contaminated with “forever chemicals” told a ...

"Will doom us to decades or even hundreds of years more of exposure." Scientists outraged as US cuts threaten food supply and ...