Committee recommends stricter water standards for ‘forever chemicals’

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 30, 2021

A legislative committee voted Friday to endorse stricter health standards for PFAS in drinking water and to require that schools, day care centers and community water systems test their wells for the “forever chemicals.” If approved by the full Legislature, the proposal would add Maine to the growing list of states that have adopted stringent contamination limits on PFAS in the absence of a federal standard.