EPA Terminates PFAS Research Grants in Maine Despite Declaring Contamination a Priority - News Facts Network

EPA calls PFAS contamination a priority. But it cut millions in research funding for Maine.

With the brief window for fiddlehead foraging nearing its close, citizens of the Mi’kmaq Nation hope to collect the traditional food source this week from the Aroostook River flood plain to test as part of their research into understanding, and in turn reducing, “forever chemicals” in the food supply. However, they may no longer be able to afford to do the testing they’d planned. Following months of preparation after securing federal funding in …

EPA Terminates PFAS Research Grants in Maine Despite Declaring Contamination a Priority - News Facts Network

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Despite saying PFAS contamination is a priority, EPA cut millions in funding for research in Maine • Maine Morning Star

Mi’kmaq Nation Vice Chief Richard Silliboy and Norman Barnard water hemp seeds at the former Loring Airforce Base in the summer of 2020. (Photo courtesy of Upland Grassroots) Federal fallout As federal funding and systems dwindle, states are left to decide how and whether to make up the difference. Read the latest With the brief window for fiddlehead foraging nearing its close, citizens of the Mi’kmaq Nation hope to collect the traditional …