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Fairfield residents worry about the long term impact of PFAS on their health and properties Author: Vivien Leigh (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:29 PM EDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 1:29 PM EDT May 3, 2021 FAIRFIELD, Maine Catch Vivien Leigh s full story Thursday at 6 p.m. on NEWS CENTER Maine. The Somerset County town of Fairfield remains at the center of the largest state investigation into so-called forever chemicals. PFAS compounds are a class of industrial chemicals found in a number of household products. But they don t naturally break down and there s no known way to destroy them. Tests of private wells show alarming levels of the compounds, linked in federal studies to cancer, low birth weight, and other serious health problems. ....