Kaiser Health News and Undark interviewed University of Maine faculty fellow Dianne Kopec for articles about toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, found in freshwater fish. Kopec said eating fish with high concentrations of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” may be more harmful than mercury. “They’re both really nasty,” she said. The Scientific […]
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News Center Maine interviewed University of Maine computer scientist Torsten Hahmann and Ph.D. student Katria Schwiekert about their efforts to develop an interactive digital tool that will allow users to explore and analyze data on sites and sources of PFAS contamination throughout the U.S. “We don’t want to reproduce all that data. We want to […]
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University of Maine researchers edited and contributed to a special collection of studies and perspectives on toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, recently published by the academic journal Biointerphases. Onur Apul, an assistant professor of environmental engineering, served as guest editor of the collection, supported by assistant guest editor and Ph.D. student Dilara Hatinoglu. […]
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News Center Maine featured research on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, being contacted by University of Maine scientists and graduate students in partnership with Sue Hunter at her farm in Unity, Maine.
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In an article about the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, on farms in South Carolina, The State noted that University of Maine researchers are “specifically looking at whether crops on highly contaminated land are drawing in the chemicals.” The report also shared a resource from University of Maine Cooperative Extension titled “Guide […]
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Farms.com interviewed Caroline Noblet, a University of Maine associate professor of economics, about a symposium she helped organize, hosted by the Michigan State University Center for PFAS Research. “The conferences are an opportunity to bring together people who have been impacted in this area,” Noblet said. “Maine and Michigan are two states that have been […]
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The Portland Press Herald, the Bangor Daily News and News Center Maine reported on University of Maine computer scientist Torsten Hahmann spearheading the development of an interactive digital tool that will allow users to explore and analyze data on sites and sources of PFAS contamination throughout the U.S. The Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared the […]
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The emergence of toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in water supplies, farms and the environment is a growing problem nationwide. Despite many researchers and government agencies investigating these “forever chemicals,” there is no tool for combining all of their findings and providing a more comprehensive view of the problem. University of Maine computer […]
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In a story about farmers dealing the per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, Civil Eats noted that the University of Maine is collaborating with the Maine Farmland Trust and other universities on studying the impacts of PFAS on farms.
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “PFAS: A New Fish Tissue Issue,” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 2. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” is a group of human-made chemicals that can be toxic and remain in the […]
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