PFAS

First-in-nation "forever chemical” policies become law in Maine

MINNEAPOLIS—In Maine, a coalition of farmers and farm groups, including the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, public health advocates and state legislators worked to enact groundbreaking legislation to stop toxic Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) contamination of farms, food and water.

Farmers and groups urge support for Maine LD 1911

Maine State House, Augusta, ME—Impacted farmers and a coalition of groups held a press conference outside the State House in Augusta today to urge passage of Maine LD 1911, An Act To Prohibit the Contamination o

Press conference on dangers of PFAS contaminated sludge in Maine and LD 1911

MEDIA ADVISORY: February 22, 2022

IATP encouraged by initial committee vote banning sludge spreading to curb PFAS contamination

Today, 10 of 13 members of the Maine Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted to ban the unsafe practice of spreading sludge and sludge-derived compost on land.

Testimony supporting LD 1911 to close sludge-spreading loopholes

To read the full testimony of Sharon Treat for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy supporting LD 1911, "An Act To Prohibit the Contamination of Clean Soils with So-called Forever Chemicals" sponsored by Representative William Pluecker before the Maine Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee on January 24, 2022,

IATP Comments to the Maine Board of Pesticides Control on Proposed Rule Amending Chapter 20 Implementing LD 264 on PFAS in the State

The following comments were submitted to the Maine Board of Pesticides Control on January 14. Download the comment here. 

Forever Chemicals and Agriculture Case Study

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