BDN highlights UMaine research in 2024 overview of PFAS mitigation efforts
The Bangor Daily News highlighted research from the University of Maine in 2024 that aided statewide efforts to research, inform and protect communities from a group of chemicals known as PFAS. UMaine efforts include research to develop coatings free of PFAS for food wrappers and other paper products by using seaweed and tree pulp; and biochar studies at Hunter Farm in Unity researching to what degree biochar is capturing PFAS and examining which plants naturally eliminate PFAS from the environment.