PFAS Contamination of Land and Water PFAS in Maine Sarah Woodbury, Director of Advocacy, Defend Our Health Defending Our Health Since 2002 We work to create a world where everyone has equal access to safe food, safe drinking water, healthy
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PFAS Contamination of Land and Water PFAS in Maine Sarah Woodbury, Director of Advocacy, Defend Our Health<br>
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Defending Our Health Since 2002 We work to create a world where everyone has equal access to safe food, safe drinking water, healthy homes, and toxic-free and climate-friendly products. defendourhealth.org 3<br>
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What is PFAS? Class of fluorinated chemicals
Used to make products grease-proof, stain-proof, water-resistant
In products we use every day – clothing, cookware, food packaging, makeup, dental floss defendourhealth.org 4<br>
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Health Impacts of PFAS More than 98% of People Have PFAS in Their Blood
Interference with Normal Brain Development in Children
Increased Risk of Certain Types of Cancers
Fertility Issues
Immunosuppression
Hormone Disruption
Liver and Thyroid Issues defendourhealth.org 5<br>
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Environmental Impacts of PFAS Very Persistent, Bioaccumulative
Dubbed “forever chemicals”
Soil and water contamination from a variety of sources defendourhealth.org 6<br>
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What’s Happening in Maine Maine has serious PFAS Contamination Issues
Several Farms so far including Stoneridge, Tozier, Songbird, Ironwood, Misty Brook, New Beat and others
Hundreds of Contaminated wells in Fairfield, Presque Isle, Trenton, Unity Township, Benton
Over 700 sites where sludge has been spread defendourhealth.org 7<br>
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What We Did in the 130th Legislature LD 1433 - Food Packaging Law
LD 1600 - DACF and DEP Land and Water Testing
LD 585 - DEP – PFAS as a Hazardous Substance
LD 363 - Updated Statute of Limitation
LD 129 - Set MCL for PFAS in Water
LD 1505 - Banned PFAS in AFFF Firefighting Foam
LD 1503 - Ban PFAS in Products – 1st in the World Law defendourhealth.org 8<br>
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What we did in the 131st Legislature LD 1911 – Ban the Use of Sludge on Farmland
LD 1875 – Study Ways to Treat Landfill Leachate
LD 2013 – Funding for PFAS impacted Farmers and Well Owners
LD 2019 – PFAS in Pesticides defendourhealth.org 9<br>
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Resources Maine DEP
Maine DEP PFAS Info Page - https://www.maine.gov/dep/spills/topics/pfas/
Map of sludge spread in Maine from DEP - https://maine.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=468a9f7ddcd54309bc1ae8ba173965c7
Map of Current Confirmed PFAS Levels from DEP - https://maine.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=815b4093464c405daf7a17e43a1d9da7
Hundreds of Contaminated wells in Fairfield, Presque Isle, Trenton, Unity Township, Benton
Over 500 sites where sludge has been spread defendourhealth.org 10<br>
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Resources Maine HHS
PFAS in Well Water Fact Sheet - https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/environmental-health/dwp/cet/documents/PFASwellWater.pdf
PFAS Fact Sheet - https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/environmental-health/dwp/cet/documents/PFASfactsheet.pdf
PFAS in Public Water Systems - https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/environmental-health/dwp/pws/pfas.shtml defendourhealth.org 11<br>
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Resources Maine DACF
Maine DACF PFAS Info Page - https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ag/pfas/index.shtml#dacf
DACF Info on Self-Testing - https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ag/pfas/index.shtml#selftesting
Additional Information - https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ag/pfas/index.shtml#additional
Contact DACF – Nancy.McBrady@maine.gov
PFAS Emergency Relief Fund for Farmers Run by MOFGA and MFT - https://www.mofga.org/pfas/pfas-emergency-relief-fund
Hundreds of Contaminated wells in Fairfield, Presque Isle, Trenton, Unity Township, Benton
Over 500 sites where sludge has been spread defendourhealth.org 12<br>
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Resources Health Research
Dr. Grandjean on PFAS and Immunotoxicity - https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-018-0405-y
Environmental Health and Science: Scientific Basis for Regulating PFAS as a Class - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00255
ATSDR: PFAS and Your Health - https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/index.html
Harvard: Health Risks of Widely Used Chemicals May be Underestimated - https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/pfas-health-risks-underestimated/ defendourhealth.org 13<br>
