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  • 2 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Lori Valigra

    Eric Ham knows firsthand the consequences for wildlife when existing roads get congested and new roads are built. Raised near Caribou, Ham often had to swerve from animals in the road that had no way to escape oncoming traffic. “People truly adjust their lives around not driving in the morning or at dusk because of the larger animals,” said Ham, a senior environmental manager at the Maine Department of Transportation.

  • 4 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Lori Valigra

    A wastewater treatment project in central Maine that has piloted a cutting-edge system to remove forever chemicals is on hold as it seeks more money to get up and running. The Anson-Madison Sanitary District has been working for several years with engineers to develop a centralized facility to treat waste containing forever chemicals, potentially from across Maine. The system can remove toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, from wastewater.

  • 1 month ago | bangordailynews.com | Lori Valigra

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its much-anticipated steps to fight contamination by forever chemicals, but the scant information it provided raised more questions than answers among scientists and environment experts.

  • 1 month ago | bangordailynews.com | Lori Valigra

    Lawmakers plan to tackle a widespread hazardous waste problem in Maine on Wednesday in a proposed bill that would require electronic-cigarette makers to establish a plan to get rid of used products at their own expense. E-cigarettes, also known as vapes, are difficult to dispose of in Maine, where they pose fire hazards at waste treatment sites and pollute public areas.

  • 1 month ago | bangordailynews.com | Lori Valigra

    Kevin Kitchin returned to his hometown of Fairfield in 2018 after 30 years in the U.S. Navy and bought his dream home on 40 acres. Two years later, high levels of forever chemicals were discovered in several areas of the town, including on his property. “Shortly after that the state warned us to not eat deer. That’s why I bought this house, so I can hunt on my own land and do the things I like to do as a Mainer,” he said.

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