Reminder: RAB meeting next Thursday Check out the meeting slides before the meeting, and then bring your questions for the Navy, EPA, and ME DEP! media.defense.gov/2025/Sep/30/...

What do candidates for Brunswick Town Council think about MRRA and PFAS remediation? The Times-Record asked them - check out their answers here! www.pressherald.com/2025/09/25/m... @pressherald.com

Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide #PFAS Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/c...

Reminder: free talk tomorrow! (registration required)

Important EPA announcement about #PFAS The good news: At this time, EPA is retaining CERCLA (Superfund) designation for PFOA and PFOS The less-certain news/ TBD: EPA will be initiating future rulemaking and calls for protection of passive receivers from liability www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

Big news last night: the Trump EPA will DEFEND a Biden rule that holds polluters accountable for 'forever chemical' cleanup #PFAS #GreenSky thehill.com/policy/energ...

Public meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for the Former Naval Air Station Brunswick October 9, 2025 6 pm Brunswick Town Hall (and online) Topics include: 💠Superfund investigation of #PFAS 💠Soil piles on Brunswick Landing 💠Drinking water sampling media.defense.gov/2025/Sep/09/...

Two short videos featuring #Maine State Representative Dan Ankeles Brunswick Landing: Legislative Achievements 🧵 1/2 #MRRA #AFFF tv3hd.brunswickme.org/CablecastPub...

"[EPA] is not fining the airport or holding it responsible for any off-campus pollution caused by Maine’s biggest ever toxic foam spill" “MRRA is not really being held accountable here for the larger contamination issue.” www.pressherald.com/2025/09/11/e...

Defense bill could loosen restrictions on Pentagon’s use of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ thehill.com/policy/energ...

EPA intends to rescind PFAS regulations as Chemours seeks to increase production. Read the full article by Charlie Fossen (Port City Daily): portcitydaily.com/latest-news/...

Not a good sign... "The Department of Justice is asking a federal court to pause litigation seeking to recover costs for cleaning up two specific #PFAS, indicating the EPA may decide that the chemicals are no longer hazardous Superfund substances." news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...

Maine banned the spreading of sludge-based compost, but companies have been allowed to import contaminated sludge to make the compost here. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/05/m...

University of #Maine Talk – Hunting for Truth: #PFAS Impacts in Maine’s Natural Food Sources September 22, 3-4 p.m. Free! umaine.edu/mitchellcent...

Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/c...

There is no scientific or legal basis for arguing that PFOA and PFOS are not extremely hazardous substances. They are toxic at levels much lower, in some cases orders of magnitude lower, than many (most?) other CERCLA hazardous substances. This is about protecting industry profits full stop.

The unlikely alliance pressing Trump to regulate Pfas on US farms: ‘This is a basic human right’ www.theguardian.com/environment/... via @us.theguardian.com

#Maine is leading the nation in protecting people from #PFAS www.pressherald.com/2025/08/28/m...

Maine CDC Publishes #PFAS Modeling Tool to Help Farmers Reduce Contamination in Meat www.maine.gov/dhhs/blog/ma...

Upcoming event in Hancock County Sludge: A #PFAS Uprising Film Screening & Panel Discussion September 25 #Bucksport #Maine www.ellsworthamerican.com/local-events...

You’re invited to join Defend Our Health and Island Press for our webinar Defend Our Health: Authors & Friends on Tuesday, September 23rd, at 1 PM ET. Learn more and register today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Reminder: MRRA meeting tomorrow (Wednesday 8/27) 4 p.m. Brunswick Town Hall (or Zoom) MRRA will provide updates and take public comment regarding their oversight of the former Brunswick Naval Air Station property, including Brunswick Executive Airport www.brunswickme.gov/Calendar.asp...

On August 19, 2024, an accidental release of approximately 1,450 gallons of PFAS-based firefighting foam concentrate mixed with water occurred in Hangar 4 on the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. Post spill, #BigelowLab researchers regularly monitor PFAS in Casco Bay. #ocean #maine #pfas #science

Thank you @defendourhealth.bsky.social for supporting Maine's ban on #PFAS in non-essential products We don't need forever chemicals in our cookware! www.pressherald.com/2025/08/21/m...

New Paper Alert! 🎉 Can criminology help tackle #PFAS pollution? Authors use the DuPont/Chemours case in Dordrecht to show how regulatory gaps & knowledge imbalance fueled pollution & how criminology offers tools to push 4 accountability & reduced emissions. #archivesresearch doi.org/10.1186/s129...

News coverage on the anniversary of Brunswick's firefighting foam spill 🧵 www.pressherald.com/2025/08/19/b...

"The Spill" — Brunswick's Environmental Disaster One year ago today, the firefighting foam system in Hangar 4 of the Brunswick Executive Airport accidentally discharged, polluting the environment with PFAS "forever chemicals" It was the largest foam spill in Maine (the sixth-largest in US history)

Maine residents: Want to test your well water for #PFAS? Need help making sense of test results? Maine CDC provides free help to private well owners who have questions about their wells, water sampling, and water treatment. Call 207-287-4311 or email [email protected] www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/h...

Maine legislators join @defendourhealth.bsky.social and Massachusetts lawmakers to share nation-leading efforts to combat PFAS www.maine.gov/housedems/ne... WGME clip here: wgme.com/news/local/m...

A group of Massachusetts lawmakers, officials and advocates are visiting Maine on Tuesday to learn more about how to prevent further contamination from so-called forever chemicals. mainemorningstar.com/2025/08/12/m...

Big news: New Jersey has reached a $2 billion deal with DuPont and other companies to settle claims they contaminated the state with toxic #PFAS. NJ officials call it the “largest environmental settlement” ever awarded to a single state. whyy.org/articles/new...

'While alcohol is a well-established cause of liver disease, #PFAS chemicals may "act as a 'second hit,' especially in people who already drink alcohol or have other liver risk factors,"'

Have you heard about Maine's new law banning sale of products containing #PFAS? Good deep dive here: www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/pr...

In case you missed it - Bigelow Lab's latest Café Sci presentation "PFAS in Casco Bay: Tracking the Fate of Forever Chemicals on Maine’s Coast" www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpEf... www.boothbayregister.com/article/bige... @bigelowlab.bsky.social

#Maine highlights: 👍codified the federal MCLs into state law, ensuring PFAS protections remain enforceable regardless of federal backtracking 👍inventory of firefighting foam containing PFAS 👍defeated attempts to exempt cookware from their PFAS laws

Non-paywalled link: www.msn.com/en-us/health...

Tonight at Bowdoin! Free tickets available at link below Stay on after the film (~8:30-9) for a discussion of Brunswick's #AFFF spill #PFAS #HowToPoisonAPlanet @markruffalo.bsky.social

www.newscentermaine.com/video/tech/s... @newscentersmaine.bsky.social

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recommends the state push forward with a ban on toxic forever chemicals in nonstick cookware and other consumer products.

Free film at Bowdoin College - this Thursday! Documentary about #PFAS featuring @markruffalo.bsky.social, Rob Bilott (attorney of 'Dark Waters' fame) and others... Stay after the film for a discussion of Brunswick's firefighting foam spill (~8:30-9pm) #HowToPoisonAPlanet #ForeverChemicals

Since we wrote our book on #PFAS, I’ve been getting a lot of questions on how to avoid them, so I want to re-up this guide @sharonudasin.bsky.social and I wrote a few years ago #greensky thehill.com/policy/energ...

Take action today! #EPA #PFAS #safedrinkingwater takeaction.io/ehsc/tell-th...

"Isn't that all cleaned up?" Unfortunately, the answer is no - much work remains to be done about contamination on/from the former Brunswick Naval Air Base Testing by Friends of Merrymeeting Bay is one example www.friendsofmerrymeetingbay.org/pages/newsle...

New short video - PFAS and how they end up on farmland via Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LJc...

Free film showing: How to Poison a Planet (2024) Thursday, July 24, 7-9 PM Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME For tickets and to watch trailer: kinema.com/events/HOW-T... How did a product as seemingly harmless as firefighting foam result in the contamination of communities all over the world?

Toxic PFAS from firefighting foam contaminated a town’s water supply for decades. Now, early data from a CDC-led study is illuminating the forever chemicals’ effects on its residents.

Your PFAS Questions Answered by Professor Rainer Lohmann - Technology Networks ->Applied Sciences | #Toxic #Technology #PFAS | More info from EcoSearch