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 ...

We wrote a Guide to Investigating PFAS Risk on Your Farm that has been ... deepened understandings and provided essential resources to support wellness and mental health in Maine’s growing ...

University of Maine researchers were awarded $2.25 million in funding from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, ...

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

In August, the Department of Defense urged federal policymakers to “consider and balance the range of environmental and health risks associated with different individual PFAS, their essentiality ...

University of Maine researchers are creating a low-cost PFAS testing tool for farmers that delivers faster results via ...

PFAS are man-made “forever” chemicals that are used in industry and consumer products and can lead to serious health effects. PFAS contamination has prevented some Maine farms from selling ...

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has dedicated $3 million from the state PFAS Fund for research that could aid farmers in dealing with soil contamination from the ...

Over 1,600 gallons of firefighting foam containing hazardous PFAS "forever chemicals" spilled in Brunswick, Maine early Monday morning after a fire suppression system malfunctioned at the former ...