Katie Richards co-founded PFAS Laboratories with her husband Chris after they identified a gap in Maine’s ability to respond to PFAS contamination. FILE PHOTO / TIM GREENWAY Maine Laboratories, a ...

The legislation would pay to test private wells near a known source of forever chemical pollution, such as landfills or ...

"When you find yourself in a hole, it is best to stop digging." Homeowners shocked after receiving test results for water ...

A lab in rural Maine that does testing for the presence of PFAS, or so-called forever chemicals, won the top prize in Maine Community Bank's LaunchPad pitch competition. Katie Richards, CEO of Maine ...

Eddie Nachamie, a UMaine senior, transformed a class project into a paper on PFAS policies in Maine.

The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals ...

It comes after recent testing of both the water and fish themselves.

BOSTON (SHNS) – Massachusetts lawmakers and advocates who visited Maine Tuesday are aiming to replicate that state’s playbook in tackling contamination caused by PFAS forever chemicals, particularly ...

After a visit to Maine on Tuesday, Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, is inspired to continue push for banning of forever chemicals. Credit: —GAZETTE STAFF / KEVIN GUTTING Sign up for the Gazette's ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 2025 Draft Risk Assessment for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in biosolids, identifying potential ...