BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 14, 2025
A Maine legislator plans to introduce a bill soon that would require the state to meet current federal limits on forever chemicals in public drinking water as fears mount that the White House will roll back the stricter safe-drinking levels set last year. The Trump administration already has rolled back some limits on the toxic forever chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. In January it withdrew a pending Biden administration plan to set PFAS discharge limits for chemical manufacturers.