Expert warns farmers of possible PFAS in pesticide containers

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 4, 2023

The agricultural industry must learn whether “forever” chemicals contaminate pesticide containers, an expert warned during a Monday conference in Presque Isle. “We have to get our hands around contaminated containers,” said Pam Bryer, a toxicologist with the Maine Board of Pesticides Control, part of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. “It was such a surprise, this container issue. Nobody saw this coming.”