News and Updates

  • A woman with glasses wearing a blue and white checkered shirt standing in a laboratory with scientific equipment and test tubes in the background.

    Maine PFAS testing lab rebrands to reflect growing national reach

    Maine Laboratories, a “forever chemical” testing and analysis service in Somerset County, changed its name to PFAS Laboratories.

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  • MDI BIO Lab and Partners win 50K Grant

    PFAS Laboratories is proud to support local Maine research that provides solutions to PFAS contamination movement in surface water

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  • A diverse group of seven people standing in a laboratory, smiling at the camera, with scientific equipment and supplies in the background.

    Maine Laboratories Achieves ISO 17025 and DOD ELAP Accreditation

    From Rural Roots to International Ranks: Maine Laboratories proves world-class science thrives in the heart of central Maine.

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  • Scientists working in a laboratory, one using a computer and the other handling laboratory equipment, with lab equipment and chemicals on the tables.

    News Center Maine

    Maine Laboratories expands PFAS Testing capabilities with additional accreditations and capacity, able to complete up to 10,000 tests per year.

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  • Cover of an environmental health publication showing Earth from space with clouds and landmasses, titled 'EHP Environmental Health Perspectives'.

    Environmental Health Perspectives

    Maine Laboratories contributed to our first published paper, “Examining Potential PFAS Contamination of Private Wells from a High School in Rural Maine.”

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  • A glass of clear carbonated water being poured, with bubbles rising, against a blurred green outdoor background with the text 'PFAS Forever Chemicals' overlayed.

    News Center Maine

    Partner update: Jane Disney tracking a link between rural schools and PFAS chemicals contaminating nearby homeowners' drinking supplies.

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  • A woman with short dark hair, glasses, and a gray blazer working with laboratory equipment. She is holding a tube connected to several bottles of clear liquid with blue caps, some with labels, in a laboratory setting.

    Morning Sentinel

    The first lab in Maine with the ability to test for PFAS in drinking water opened this week and its founders aim to make testing faster and more accessible for people.

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  • Scientists working in a laboratory with scientific equipment, test tubes, and computers.

    Bangor Daily News

    1st lab to test for PFAS in drinking water opens in Maine

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  • A child wearing a colorful knit hat with ear flaps drinks from a clear glass mug in sunlight.

    Maine Public Radio

    Maine gets its first commercial lab that can detect PFAS in drinking water

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  • Yellow wooden house with white trim and a front porch, surrounded by snow and a brown shrub, with a blue sky and leafless trees in the background.

    News Center Maine

    Maine's first commercial lab to test for PFAS chemicals in drinking water is open for business with a goal of faster and more accessible results for the public.

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  • A person wearing a gray sleeve and blue gloves pouring water from a faucet into a glass container in a sink.

    WABI Channel 5

    You can now test your drinking water for forever chemicals known as PFAS at a laboratory in Norridgewock.

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