Found in water, air, soil, food, consumer products and work settings, “forever chemicals” pose risks to both physical health and mental well-being.
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Maine’s law to reduce PFAS in products is off to a slow start
Under Maine’s phased-in PFAS ban, manufacturers will soon be required to report on PFAS types and volumes in products, but the state is granting many businesses a 6-month extension.
How you can reduce your PFAS body burden
Individual actions can minimize exposure to “forever chemicals” until policy measures, like Maine’s ban on PFAS in products, take effect.
Maine group recommends phone numbers be collected to prevent more recordings of attorneys
Questions about penalties for investigators who receive confidential recordings unanswered as of Tuesday.
A Spreading Problem: How PFAS got into soils and food systems
Risks from ‘forever chemicals’ have ended a half-century of spreading sludge onto Maine farmland and raised unanswered questions about contamination of foods.
PFAS to Go: Many takeout containers and wrappers risk contaminating foods
Maine enacted legislation to foster use of safer food packaging materials, but three years later the state has yet to begin rule-making.
Study group recommends stricter policies about access to prisoner phone calls
More recommendations may be considered on Nov. 1.
The Unstoppable Ocean: 10 stories from the edge of Maine
Along Maine’s stunning coastline, vulnerable communities wrestle with the inevitable rise of the sea caused by the warming ocean. Aerial photographer Alex MacLean and reporter Kate Cough found that each community has a different strategy to prepare and adapt.
Wells: Sea rise is “a slow-moving catastrophe”
Wedged between sandy ocean beaches and an estuary, nearly 1,500 buildings in Wells could be inundated by 2050.
Vinalhaven: Changing tides and changing minds
Members of a citizens group take matters into their own hands, measuring tides around the island to gauge the impacts of coastal flooding.
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