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Report: Broader PFAS testing needed to avoid underreporting contamination

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation April 15, 2023

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Penny and Lawrence Higgins are shown in 2021 with their chickens at Penny’s Alpaca Farm store at 4 Currier Road in Fairfield. The chickens have been enclosed in a coop and are no longer allowed to roam freely since eggs have tested positive for PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.” Their well water also was found to have high levels of PFAS. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel file More than half of detectable “forever chemicals” that... + full article



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