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Starting Jan. 1, phthalates are prohibited from food packaging

The testing is part of a years-long plan targeting sites where sludge, septic tank sewage and industrial waste was spread as fertilizer.

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.

increase font size 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. Share A legislative committee voted unanimously Wednesday to require that manufacturers notify Maine environmental regulators about products containing PFAS, and to ban the sale of carpeting and fabric treatment containing the “forever chemicals.” Democrats and Republicans on the Legislature’s Environmental and Nat...

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. Share A legislative committee voted Friday to endorse stricter health standards for PFAS in drinking water and to require that schools, day care centers and community water systems test their wells for the “forever chemicals.” If approved by the full Legislature, the proposal would add Maine to the growing list of stat...