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PublishedMarch 13, 2022
Potholes, road salt and climate change: Warmer Maine winters raise new concerns
Rising average temperatures are expected to create more safety hazards for motorists and more pollution for Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2022
Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE
Marine experts are finding plastic bags, bottle caps, rope and fishing nets in the animals' stomachs.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2021
Banned decades ago, PCBs still posing threat to wildlife
Researchers in New Hampshire are investigating the potential link between PCBs and population declines of loons.
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PublishedJune 23, 2021
Maine lawmakers enact series of bills to tackle pollution from ‘forever chemicals’
One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Janet Mills gives Maine one of the nation's strictest standards for PFAS in drinking water.
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PublishedMay 12, 2021
Committee unanimously endorses bill requiring disclosure of ‘forever chemicals’ in products
Lawmakers in both parties embraced the bill on the same day Gov. Janet Mills proposed spending an additional $40 million to address PFAS contamination in Maine.
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PublishedApril 30, 2021
Committee recommends stricter water standards for ‘forever chemicals’
The proposal would set an interim standard of 20 parts per trillion for PFAS in drinking water, in line with several other New England states and lower than the current federal health advisory level.
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PublishedApril 4, 2021
How to garden safely if there is lead in your soil
A project of the Cumberland Soil & Water Conservation District found high levels of lead in the soil of some Portland neighborhoods.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2021
Mills seeks more federal support, action on ‘forever chemicals’
In a letter to Maine's congressional delegation, Gov. Janet Mills wrote that PFAS contamination is 'a national problem that ultimately requires a federal response.'
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PublishedMarch 17, 2021
Maine homeowners seek more time to sue over chemical contamination
'Everything has been taken away, and there’s nothing that we did,' said one Fairfield homeowner whose land and water are contaminated by the 'forever chemicals' known as PFAS.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2021
Health groups, affected families urge lawmakers to toughen Maine standards on ‘forever chemicals’
Lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday on the first of multiple bills this session taking aim at the class of chemicals known as PFAS, which are the focus of growing health concerns nationwide.
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