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Letter to the editor: When it comes to PFAS sludge, buck stops with Maine

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion February 18, 2023

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What is the bottom line, when trusting farmers used Maine state-approved sludge to fertilize their fields, and then were devastated to find their fields and wells were contaminated with sky-high levels of PFAS? This is not the farmers’ fault; the buck stops with Maine. Is there any question as to when and how this travesty should be addressed and the betrayed hearts and souls of those farmers compensated? If, that is, that agonizing feeling of... + full article



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