PFAS
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PublishedJune 6, 2022
Air Force to further investigate chemicals at former Loring air base
Officials are concerned that PFAS contamination from firefighting foam used on Loring's runway may have spread elsewhere.
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PublishedJune 3, 2022
As vote nears on Fairfield water expansion project, state says it’s unable to fund filter systems ‘in perpetuity’
Fairfield is considering a $48 million expansion of the public water system as a way to help those with private wells that testing has found to be contaminated by PFAS.
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PublishedJune 1, 2022
Pressure growing to remove contaminant PFAS from fast food wrappers
Environmental and health groups are pushing dozens of companies to remove PFAS from their packaging. Maine has a law banning PFAS from being purposely added to food packaging.
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PublishedMay 17, 2022
Maine attorney general plans to sue over PFAS contamination
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said the state is preparing for a lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called forever chemicals.
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PublishedMay 11, 2022
The Wrap: Maine brands win specialty food awards, Lost Kitchen helps raise $1 million for PFAS relief
Also, another Maine woman won cash from Grape-Nuts to climb Kilimanjaro, a new raw bar to open in Freeport, and the fifth annual Eat the Kennebunks Week kicked off Monday.
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PublishedMay 9, 2022
Farming organizations raise more than $1 million to assist farmers affected by PFAS contamination
Most of the money for the fund, established by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Maine Farmland Trust, was raised through a partnership with The Lost Kitchen, a restaurant in Freedom.
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PublishedMay 5, 2022
Mainers warned not to eat PFAS-contaminated freshwater fish
The advisories are based on new Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention consumption advice for different levels of PFAS, so-called 'forever chemicals.'
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PublishedMay 4, 2022
‘Forever chemicals’ are showing up in children’s ‘nontoxic’ products
In one study, the product categories that had the highest measurements of PFAS were clothing, including school uniforms; pillow and mattress protectors; and upholstery from children's furniture.
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PublishedApril 11, 2022
Maine lawmakers approve ban on pesticides containing PFAS by 2030
The legislation, which has divided the state's farming community, was passed by the Senate on Monday after gaining approval in the House last week.
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PublishedApril 7, 2022
Bill to ban sludge recycling and spreading divides farmers
While some farmers support a ban on sludge spreading to protect Maine farms from forever chemicals, a group that includes farmers and wastewater treatment operators want a 'science based approach' to monitoring PFAS levels to avoid increased fertilizer and sewer costs.
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