Last fall, Laura Rickard, University of Maine associate professor of communication and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow, led risk communication training for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The […]
CentralMaine.com, the Daily Bulldog, WFVX (Bangor), the Bangor Daily News and Morning Ag Clips shared the online package of PFAS resources for farmers provided by University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is making a dynamic set of resources about on-farm PFAS contamination available online to the public in one location. “Guide to Investigating PFAS Risk on […]
In an article about “forever chemicals” at the Old Town Landfill, the Bangor Daily News interviewed Jean MacRae, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of […]
News Center Maine reported that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic Research Lab, which tests ticks, plants, insects and production animal samples for various pathogens, may offer testing for […]
The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release about researchers from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions helping identify sources of and management strategies […]
Researchers from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will help identify sources of and management strategies for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). […]
Paul Mayewski, Kimberley Miner and Mariusz Potocki were interviewed by The Washington Post about finding per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), or “forever chemicals,” near the summit of Everest. Mayewski is […]
Although gathering in the Augusta Civic Center is not an option for this year’s Maine Sustainability & Water Conference, the event will go on as a virtual gathering to be […]
Jean MacRae spoke with Bloomberg about concerns involving leachate, particularly from the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town. According to Bloomberg, leachate “is a liquid that forms when rain water […]
