PFAS-free firefighting foam coming to Portland International Jetport

The Portland Fire Department says the PFAS-free foam should be fully installed in the airport's 3 trucks by mid-November.

As communities vote on field projects, voters question need for artificial turf

Bond proposals in South Portland, Kittery and Gray-New Gloucester would spend millions to bring artificial turf fields to their schools. District leaders say the grass fields are just in too bad shape to keep up with demand.

Director of Brunswick airport authority resigns in wake of toxic foam spill

Kristine Logan steps down about a month after one of the nation's biggest spills of toxic firefighting foam has left the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority struggling to pay for a costly cleanup and regain the public trust.

For 8 years, Brunswick Landing hangar inspections often found deficiencies

An initial view of a hefty document submitted to the Town of Brunswick on Friday shows 6,300 gallons of toxic firefighting foam known as AFFF is stored in hangars owned by the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority.

EPA: Navy has ‘ultimate responsibility’ to address Brunswick chemical spill

The head of the federal agency's Superfund program told the Navy in a Sept. 26 letter that it must 'take any and all actions necessary to address the recent spill of AFFF at Hangar 4 and to ensure protection of human health and the environment.'

Foam spill flushes wave of toxic chemicals into troubled Androscoggin River

'We will be dealing with the fallout of this for generations to come,' says Ed Friedman, chairman of Friends of Merrymeeting Bay.

Brunswick leaders continue push for fire system shutdown at MRRA board meeting

Brunswick airport managers issued violation notice over fire-suppression system inspections

The systems in airport Hangars 5 and 6 were found deficient in a pair of July 2023 inspections, and airport officials have not indicated that repairs have been made, the notice says.

Toxic foam risks persist at other ‘deficient’ Brunswick airport hangars

Inspection reports from 14 months ago show unaddressed deficiencies in 2 sprinkler systems that still use aqueous film-forming foam that contains forever chemicals.

Scientists figured out how many chemicals enter our bodies from food packaging

A new study details the more than 3,000 chemicals finding their way into human bodies from contact with food.