PFAS, the so-called “forever chemicals,” don’t behave the same way in every crop, according to new research from UMaine. Graduate student Alex Scearce, Mitchell Center faculty fellow Rachel Schattman, and their colleagues grew lettuce, tomatoes, and tall fescue in PFAS-contaminated soil and measured how much of the chemicals each plant absorbed — and where they
read more Research by Scearce and Schattman highlights how PFAS uptake differs among crops