Media

• A tribe in Maine is using hemp to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from the soil
• Hemp plants can suck ‘forever chemicals’ out of the ground
• Cannabis may be an surprising solution to Maine’s ‘forever chemicals’ problem
• A Spreading Problem: How PFAS got into soils and food systems
• Can Hemp Fix Agriculture’s PFAS Problem?
• The Indigenous Growers Reviving Hemp’s Deep Roots
• How communities are giving new life to polluted land
• The plan to use hemp to solve Maine’s ‘forever chemicals’ problem needs PFAS breakdown solution

Collaborative EPA grant

• Mi’kmaq Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe, UMaine awarded federal grants for forever chemical research
• Tribe research team gets $1.6 million grant to continue study of hemp for soil cleanup
• Aroostook researchers focus on how PFAS might affect farmland