BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 3, 2024
Two key developments may hasten a fix for dozens of farms in Maine contaminated with PFAS. In October, a second Maine factory began commercial production of biochar, a wood waste product that holds promise for absorbing and sequestering PFAS in soil, before it gets into crops. And the state’s $60 million PFAS Fund, established in 2022, is offering grants to study PFAS uptake in plants and how to minimize it. Both could potentially revitalize tainted farms in Maine, most of which are still operating but not at their previous capacity.