MAINE PUBLIC • May 28, 2025
The Maine House has given initial approval to two bills that expand testing for the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS. State law already requires landlords in Maine to test for arsenic in private well water every five years. A bill that received initial approval Wednesday in the House would add PFAS to that list as concerns grow in rural Maine about contamination linked to PFAS-laden sludge that was spread as fertilizer on farm fields.