Senator Susan Collins and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree have re-introduced legislation to help farmers affected by PFAS.

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 ...

Well before the ban took effect, the “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health problems ...

Conservationist Bill Ginn is mad about what happened at the Hawk Ridge Compost Facility that he started 35 years ago as a ...

Maine, and Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, today led the reintroduction of their Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., are ...

Chelli Stanley, co-founder of an organization committed to cleaning contaminated land, Upland Grassroots, which is part of the research team headed by the Mi’kmaq Nation, takes soil samples at the ...

In January 2025, Maine lawmakers became the first to introduce a bill restricting PFAS levels in food. The proposed bill, SB130, entitled An Act to Establish the PFAS Response Program and to Modify ...

Jun. 30—The list of fishing holes on Maine's forever chemical watch list just got longer. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention updated its fish consumption advisory on Friday, adding ...

Though almost everyone in the U.S. likely has some level of PFAS in their blood, testing can show the specific level a person has. (Photo by TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) Adam ...

A three-year study on the impacts of forever chemicals in Casco Bay is nearly complete. It took on new relevance following the PFAS spill in Brunswick last year. Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of ...

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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.