BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 6, 2021
The revelation by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife that PFAS contaminants were in deer meat sounded a new alarm for the executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine. “The shortest period of time we can leave them in limbo, the better, because it’s always the fear of the unknown,” Trahan said. He said there is a simple solution to that issue. “It begins with an investment in a laboratory here in Maine,” he said, noting that such a facility should be able to handle testing of water, soil, plants and animal tissue. This is an environmental crisis. It’s also a crisis of information and figuring out how to get all this information accurately and effectively as soon as possible.”