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Maine tackles forever chemicals contaminating food and farms

Maine has become the leading edge in both understanding the destructive consequences of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) contamination of food and farmland and identifying and adopting comprehensive policy solutions to address these consequences.

Calls for the Biden administration to prioritize our water infrastructure

Last week, IATP joined Food and Water Action and nearly 550 other national and regional organizations including Action Center on Race and The Economy, Center for Biological Diversity and Corporate Accountability in support of the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act.

Media Briefing on PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Legislation, January 28, 2021

To read the full statement delivered by Senior Attorney Sharon Treat during the January 28, 2021 Press Conference on Maine PFAS Legislation, please click here. 

Democracy in US nanotechnology strategy

The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) integrates the work of 20 federal agencies. As required by law, it develops a Strategic Plan to guide both policy and the spending of its budget, proposed at $1.723 billion for 2021.

With a second farm shuttered due to massive PFAS contamination, Maine legislators weigh easing access to the courts

Just days before the Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hold a virtual hearing on LD 2160 — legislation to clarify when civil lawsuits may be filed for compensation

Testimony in Support of LD 2160, “An Act Relating to the Statute of Limitations for Injuries or Harm Resulting from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances” Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary, Maine Legislature

Senator Carpenter, Representative Bailey, and honorable members of the Judiciary Committee. My name is Sharon Treat and I live in Hallowell.

Revisiting Crisis by Design: Agriculture and water quality

Dramatic increases in agricultural use of chemicals and fertilizers and growing concentration of livestock production since the 1980s, linked to increasing farm size and the shift from family farms to larger corporate agribusiness, have worsened water pollution.

IATP Testimony in Support of Maine LD 1923, “An Act to Define as a Hazardous Substance Under Maine Law Any Substance Defined under Federal Law as a Hazardous Substance, Pollutant or Contaminant”

IATP's Senior Attorney Sharon Treat presented the following testimony on January 24, 2020. To read the complete testimony, click here. 

Maine’s plan to address “forever chemicals” polluting farms, water and food

Revised and updated January 2, 2020

Maine’s plan to address “forever chemicals” polluting farms, water and food

In the absence of federal action, state governments are struggling to address widespread Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) contamination of water, soils and food.