PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 6, 2024
State regulators have introduced a new compromise plan to regulate the sale of products containing forever chemicals. The proposal by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection would exempt some federally regulated industries such as the automotive, aeronautical and defense sectors from an impending 2030 ban on the sale of products that contain forever chemicals, even if a safer chemical alternative is available. Some of Maine’s major manufacturers have threatened to move work out of state or even leave if the 2022 law wasn’t changed.