Maine Public highlighted a new service the state of Maine is launching through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension that will help farmers whose land is contaminated with “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, explore their options for buyout.
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News Center Maine highlighted research from University of Maine scientists and graduate students into a group of chemicals known as PFAS infects and their ability to contaminate crops. They are growing different varieties of forage crops and testing them for chemicals accumulated from the soil.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Dianne Kopec, a University of Maine PFAS research associate and special project assistant, on data from the state aquatic toxicology unit rendering fish unsafe to eat after a month of exposure to forever chemicals in water. “Their data should be taken seriously by officials deciding where to encourage fishing and […]
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The Bangor Daily New, Maine Public and WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7) reported on an effort by University of Maine students and faculty to develop coatings free of a group of chemicals known as PFAS for food wrappers and other paper products by using seaweed and tree pulp. The Keene Sentinel shared the report from the […]
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In a story about the exposure to toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) among birds, the Portland Press Herald highlighted efforts by University of Maine researchers to explore the presence of these “forever chemicals” in other wildlife. “Humans made PFAS, and if we can make it, we can clean it up. It won’t be easy, […]
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Onur Apul, assistant professor of environmental engineering at the University of Maine, spoke to The Atlantic for an article titled “Maine Is a Warning for America’s PFAS Future.” Apul said in his opinion, the U.S. has seen “nothing as overwhelming, and nothing as universal” as the PFAS crisis. “It’s a reality for everyone; it’s just […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a new center for researching and finding solutions to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are found in Maine’s water and land and have been linked to liver disease and high cholesterol, at the University of Maine. E & E News by Politico and the Bangor Daily News […]
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University of Maine faculty, staff and students will present at several events during the Maine Science Festival, a program of the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor that will include more than 70 events and activities from March 20-24. The full programing for the event can be found on its website. The festival is a five-day […]
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The six-bill federal budget package passed by Congress last week and signed by President Biden on Saturday will invest $40.8 million in University of Maine System (UMS) infrastructure and innovation to strengthen student opportunity and the state’s economy and local communities. Much of the one-time Congressionally Directed Spending secured for UMS by Sen. Susan Collins, vice […]
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University of Maine assistant professor of applied plant physiology YongJiang Zhang interviewed with Science Friday to discuss benefits of adding biochar, a charcoal-like, burnt wood substance with high carbon density, to soil. Zhang said biochar can help soil maintain nutrients and water to disperse into plants over longer periods of time, as well as better […]
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