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The lawsuit makes the claim that the chemicals in water sources came from biosolids from the mill's wastewater treatment plant.

Read Article The Somerset County paper mill now the subject of a class-action lawsuit says it “strongly disputes” allegations that its facility has led to so-called “forever chemicals” contaminating a growing number of residential water wells in the Fairfield area. Sappi North America, the company that owns the Skowhegan mill, made the statement Monday following the filing of a lawsuit that alleges the mill is the source of high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, known as PFAS, in a growing number of wells. “Sappi has not been served with the lawsuit and has not yet had ...

A new lawsuit claims that a Skowhegan paper mill is responsible for the toxic chemicals that are now being found in dangerous levels in the well water of a

Share: Somerset Mill, located alongside the Kennebec River, has for decades discharged chemicals into water sources, dumped into landfills and sold as fertilizer, grossly contaminating property in Maine; former owner Kimberly-Clark and current owner Sappi Ltd., of South Africa, named as defendants Leading plaintiffs law firm Grant & Eisenhofer has filed a lawsuit seeking class status in Maine Superior Court against current and previous owners and operators of a paper mill that has for decades dumped toxic and long-lasting "forever chemicals" into water and soil, contaminating property and dr...

FAIRFIELD, Maine — A Maine man is suing a paper mill company that operates in the state about levels of long-lasting chemicals in wells and elsewhere. Nathan Saunders of Fairfield filed the lawsuit Friday against Boston-based Sappi North America. The lawsuit concerns per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, which are also called PFAS and are sometimes referred […]