The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in conjunction with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is issuing a Do Not Eat Wildlife Consumption Advisory for two different areas in portions of Unity, Unity Township, Albion and Freedom.
The advisory areas are in addition to the current advisory area in Fairfield and parts of Skowhegan.
The two new consumption advisory areas were based upon the testing of 54 Deer and 55 turkeys in eastern Kennebec and western Waldo counties for the presence of PFAS. One advisory area is 5.5 square miles in area, and the other advisory area is 4.3 square miles.
The Department sampled wildlife throughout the Unity/Thorndike/Albion area, and research showed that wildlife sampled within a mile of areas with high PFAS soil concentration levels resulted in animals that had levels of PFAS in their muscle tissue that warranted an advisory.
The Department and the Maine CDC recommend that no one eats deer or wild turkey harvested in these wildlife consumption advisory areas.
For more information visit the Maine DEP PFAS informational page or the Maine CDC informational page.
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