Maine was warned about toxins in sludge decades before PFAS crisis began
Maine’s PFAS crisis is often portrayed as a result of regulators and health officials not knowing about the chemicals that were present in the sludge spread throughout the state, but there were concerns about its contents almost from the start of the state-run program, the BDN found.
Maine sewage sludge crisis is ‘still under a clock’ even if landfill expands
Nearly all of the state’s sludge now goes to Juniper Ridge, shifting PFAS pollution from farmland to the Penobscot River.
Maine is tightening limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water. Are communities ready?
As federal funds lapse and state grants expire, dozens of Maine schools, mobile home parks and homeowners could be left to pay for filtration alone.
Maine mobile home park residents have faced nearly 3 years of unsafe water amid rent hikes
Residents have lived under a boil water order since 2023. Water stoppages, plus high levels of bacteria and “forever chemicals,” have led some to stop drinking the water altogether.
Maine DEP recertifies Juniper Ridge Landfill amid Penobscot Nation outcry, allowing expansion
Earlier this year, the project was stalled when a court sided with the Penobscot Nation and the Conservation Law Foundation, ruling that the state DEP had failed to meet necessary criteria in its review of the expansion.
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