BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 11, 2023
An initial round of state testing showed that nearly 75 percent of the wells included in the study had what are considered safe levels of PFAS contamination. The samples from more than 1,600 private wells across the state showed that most of the water was safe to consume, the Morning Sentinel reported on Wednesday. PFAS stands for “polyfluoroalkyl substances,” which are a group of thousands of synthetic chemicals linked to many serious illnesses. However, the Maine Department of Corrections reported that three out of the five wells at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston have high levels of the chemicals.