PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 30, 2025
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention updated its fish consumption advisory on Friday, adding four freshwater sites containing elevated levels of harmful toxic chemicals, known as PFAS, and beefing up protections for two other locations. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection found unsafe levels of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, or PFOS, in fish collected in 2024 from:
• Lovejoy Pond in Albion
• Sebasticook River in Burnham and Benton
• Collyer Brook in Gray
• Androscoggin Lake in Leeds and Wayne
The latest test results also prompted Maine CDC to beef up consumption guidelines for two already listed spots: no more than 10 fish of any kind a year from Annabessacook Lake in Monmouth and Winthrop and no more than three fish of any kind a year from Messalonskee Stream in Oakland and Waterville.