The state’s ambitious multiyear investigation into PFAS contamination from sludge-based fertilizer is not yet halfway done, but costs are mounting as new federal protections arise from mounting scientific evidence of potential human health risks.
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Forever chemicals in sludge fertilizer pose cancer risk, EPA says
Draft findings published Tuesday echo what Maine has been saying since 2022, when it became the first state to ban the use of sludge as fertilizer because of high concentrations of harmful PFAS.
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PFAS in Maine can travel from stream to ski trail through snowmaking
Harmful and persistent forever chemicals that accumulate in some water bodies can be sprayed onto slopes by machine, but the extent of the risk is unknown.
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Maine’s toxic firefighting foam shipped out of state to poor areas
Newly released records show more than 22,000 gallons of PFAS-laden foam and rinse water recovered after the recent Brunswick spill were trucked to waste incinerators in low-income communities far from Maine’s borders.
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
Navy has “moral obligation” to remove foam, Brunswick airport authority says
The Brunswick airport authority on the hook for Maine’s worst firefighting foam spill in decades says the Navy needs to play a larger role in toxic foam removal.
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Foam spill raises concern about Maine firefighters’ long-term PFAS exposures
The recent firefighting foam spill in Brunswick points to a much larger problem Maine has ignored.
Posted inTimes Record
Cleanup of toxic foam spill has cost Brunswick’s airport $774,000 so far
The airport authority on the hook for a disastrous firefighting foam spill responded to the Environmental Protection Agency request for information, revealing previously unknown details about the hangar and the hefty cost of environmental cleanup.
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Brunswick Landing authority fixes hangar code violations
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority has completed the requirements outlined in a September fire code violation, though it still has more repairs to make.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Greater Augusta Utilities District shuts down two wells for high PFAS levels
All water in the district, which provides public drinking water to Augusta, now comes from three wells near Bond Brook.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Outdoors
On opening day of deer season, central Maine hunters largely unfazed by PFAS advisory
Hunters who got off to a quick, successful start to the season Saturday morning in areas around two new “Do Not Eat” advisory areas said they avoided the affected areas and were not concerned about contamination in nearby places.