Maine's List of PFAS-Tainted Fishing Holes Just Got Longer

Mainers should limit eating fish from 4 new water bodies because of PFAS

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that people limit consuming fish from four new bodies of water due to PFAS contamination. The new advisories apply to game fish caught in Lovejoy Pond in Albion, the Sebasticook River in Burnham and Benton, Collyer Brook in Gray, and Androscoggin Lake in Leeds and Wayne. The Maine CDC issued the new guidelines after elevated levels of PFAS, the group of man-made “forever chemica…

Maine's list of PFAS-tainted fishing holes just got longer

Six bodies of water have new fish consumption advisories due to elevated levels of forever chemicals.

Maine issues new fish consumption limits for PFAS-tainted waters

Six bodies of water have new fish consumption advisories due to elevated levels of forever chemicals.

From WHYY: PA, DE receive federal funding to remove PFAS from drinking water

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration announced an additional $945 million to help small and disadvantaged communities across the U.S. remove PFAS from drinking water.

Why Are the Hot Dogs in Maine Neon Red?

Photo: Heami Lee • Food Styling: Jessie YuChen. Photo: Heami Lee • Food Styling: Jessie YuChen When I was young, my family moved from Upstate New York to Maine. At the time, like many children my age, I held a narrow view of what foods were considered acceptable for human consumption: pizza, chicken tenders, burgers, and hot dogs. I still remember the moment, at a backyard barbecue with neighbors, I requested a hot dog and was handed an electric…