The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reinstate funding to the University of Maine in a reversal of its move to pause the ...

The preliminary plan is to lease the field to grow other crops that do not absorb as much PFAS as hay does. Any revenue would ...

Voters in Steuben have approved an ordinance that blocks rocket launches in town, including offshore and around its islands.

In many ways, Maine and Minnesota had the first words on the regulation of PFAS in the U.S. Their broad definitions of the chemicals set the stage ...

While several states, including Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Maine, have moved to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cookware ...

Waders, which are waterproof boots or overalls, are designed to keep water out, but they could be letting toxins in. In Maine, many of these products are now flagged for containing PFAS and that’s ...

The state recently certified the Barnstable County Water Quality Laboratory to test drinking water for the presence of PFAS, ...

There are several bills targeting toxic firefighting foam in Maine after a massive spill in Brunswick over the summer.

State lawmakers are proposing new limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in tap water as questions emerge about the ...

A month after the state's largest-ever firefighting foam spill, Amy Self learned the private drinking water well at her Brunswick Landing home had more than twice the amount of harmful forever ...

Watermen are asking state agencies to pause the practice of using sewage sludge as fertilizer. They worry that toxic “forever chemicals” may accumulate in oysters, crabs, clams and fish.