Read/ Watch/ Listen
PFAS and Your Septic System – What You Need to Know
How to Reduce Your Exposure to PFAS
How Corporations Are Secretly Poisoning Our Food Supply
What Maine Can Learn From New Hampshire
Resources for Impacted Maine Farmers
For testing, financial assistance, farming/ business recommendations, health & wellbeing, check out the following:
PFAS Navigator Program
PFAS Navigators serve as a central resource, linking farmers affected by PFAS with support organizations and programs across Maine. They offer personalized, one-on-one assistance tailored to each farmer’s specific needs and goals.
For questions or to schedule a free, confidential consultation, contact Shiela Leonard at 207-955-1977 or um.pfasnavcoord@maine.edu.
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
PFAS investigation and sampling
Tracy Kelly
pfas.dep@maine.gov
207-287-7688
Maine Farmland Trust
Brett Sykes
Farmland Protection Co-Director
brett@mainefarmlandtrust.org
207-338-6575
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, & Forestry
PFAS Response Program
Meagan Hennessey
PFAS.DACF@maine.gov
207-287-4514
PFAS Fund
Beth Valentine
PFASFund.DACF@maine.gov
207-313-0962
Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners
Ryan Dennett
Programs Director
rdennett@mofga.org
207-568-6018
On the Horizon
Addressing the Health Implications of PFAS: Cambiotics – a precision-formulated probiotic that supports the body’s natural process for removal of PFAS. Based on animal-model work published in Nature Microbiology.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Non-profit organizations
Boston Children’s Hospital – Pediatric Environmental Health – PFAS
Governmental organizations
Maine Department of Environmental Protection, PFAS
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, PFAS
Maine CDC, Division of Environmental and Community Health, PFAS in Public Water Systems
USGS Resources