Solving Maine’s PFAS problem requires accountability from producers, not just landfills

Solving Maine’s PFAS problem requires accountability from producers, not just landfills

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com John W. Casella is chairman and CEO of Casella. For decades, industrial companies such as DuPont and 3M have manufactured PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — that have been used in everyday products like clothing, furniture, packaging and carpeting. These chemic…