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 ...

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.

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

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

Maine Monitor Editor Kate Cough wrote an informative piece last month about the need for “compensation rules for solar on farmland.” Questions were raised about amounts of compensation to farmers, as ...

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 ...

Everyday products contain unregulated toxic chemicals. For years, the scientific community has assumed that polymers—large ...

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

PFAS are used to give clothing technical properties, but the chemicals wreak havoc on the environment and our health.

Spurred on by last year's Brunswick Landing chemical spill, a Maine legislative committee unanimously endorsed two proposals ...

The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as ...