Read the full article by Kaitlyn Budion (Maine Public)
“Maine organizations researching PFAS are the latest groups to face sudden grant terminations, this time from the Environmental Protection Agency. And while some are appealing those decisions, they say even if funds are reinstated, this has delayed important research into how PFAS moves through the food chain.
The EPA has terminated grants for the University of Maine, the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik, the Mi’kmaq Nation and the Central Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District.
All were focused on different areas of how PFAS behaves when moving through soil, water, plants and livestock.” …