Federal agency kicks off public health study of PFAS contamination in Fairfield

MAINE PUBLIC • September 16, 2022

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will evaluate concentrations of so-called "forever chemicals" in samples collected from Fairfield's drinking water, soil and food sources, such as deer and fish. A Fairfield resident petitioned the toxic substances agency last summer to help the town understand its exposure. The town has emerged as a contamination hotspot in Maine, and the state has issued do-not eat advisories for both fish and deer meat in the Fairfield region within the last year.