When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS tainted ...

Many clinicians remain unaware of the health risks linked to PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, ...

Maine was among the first states to begin extensive water and soil testing and to try to limit further public exposure to ...

Scientists are also working on ways to break these chemicals down before they have a chance to harm humans or the environment. For instance, researchers at the University of Illinois found a way to ...

A lawsuit filed by the Penobscot Nation and conservationists pushes back against the DEP’s approval to add 12 million cubic ...

The "Safer Beauty Bill Package" would ban the most toxic ingredients in everyday cosmetics and create protections for the ...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed into law this week a bill requiring trash companies to submit detailed management plans for leachate ...

"Will doom us to decades or even hundreds of years more of exposure." Scientists outraged as US cuts threaten food supply and ...

Losing hair is natural—most people shed about 50 to 150 hairs daily. But when the loss becomes noticeable, showing bald ...

University of Maine researchers are creating a low-cost PFAS testing tool for farmers that delivers faster results via ...

The discovery has raised health concerns and calls for both safer ingredients and clearer labeling from manufacturers.

Exposure to a class of synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-often called "forever ...