Read the full article by Richelle Wilson (WPR).
“After years of back-and-forth over how to spend funding to address PFAS contamination, the state recently released $133 million to help communities in Wisconsin deal with widespread pollution of these ‘forever chemicals.’
The funding will help with PFAS testing and remediation efforts around the state, including money for new wells and a provision to protect ‘innocent landowners’ who have pollution on their property through no fault of their own.
The state of Maine has been down this path. In 2021, lawmakers there passed a suite of legislation aimed at fixing the state’s own PFAS crisis — spurred in part by wastewater sludge spread on farm fields — and invested more than $200 million into the effort.
Where does Maine’s PFAS problem stand now, five years later? That’s the topic of ‘Inescapable: Facing Up to Forever Chemicals,’ a new book from environmental journalist Marina Schauffler.”…