Fairfield residents worry about the long-term impact of PFAS on their health and properties Author: Vivien Leigh (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 10:29 AM PDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 12:19 PM PDT May 6, 2021
FAIRFIELD, Maine
Catch Vivien Leigh s full story Thursday at 6 p.m. on NEWS CENTER Maine.
The Somerset County town of Fairfield remains at the center of the largest state investigation into so-called forever chemicals.
PFAS compounds are a class of industrial chemicals found in a number of household products. But they don t naturally break down and there s no known way to destroy them.
Tests of private wells show alarming levels of the compounds, linked in federal studies to cancer, low birth weight, and other serious health problems.
Fairfield residents worry about the long term impact of PFAS on their health and properties Author: Vivien Leigh (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:29 PM EDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 1:29 PM EDT May 3, 2021
FAIRFIELD, Maine
Catch Vivien Leigh s full story Thursday at 6 p.m. on NEWS CENTER Maine.
The Somerset County town of Fairfield remains at the center of the largest state investigation into so-called forever chemicals.
PFAS compounds are a class of industrial chemicals found in a number of household products. But they don t naturally break down and there s no known way to destroy them.
Tests of private wells show alarming levels of the compounds, linked in federal studies to cancer, low birth weight, and other serious health problems.