MORNING SENTINEL • January 20, 2021
As the list of contaminated wells in Fairfield continues to grow, a Portland-based nonprofit is calling for the state to adopt stricter guidelines when it comes to testing water and food products for “forever chemicals.” On Tuesday, Patrick MacRoy, deputy director of Defend Our Health, called the advisory level set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency “outdated” and urged the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Center for Disease Control to make a change. “Maine must stop being an outlier with the least health protective drinking water standards in Northern New England,” MacRoy said. Defend Our Health works to eliminate toxic chemicals in food products and water.