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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Wild turkeys off the menu in Maine after ‘forever chemicals’ found in birds

turkeys walk across a field
Turkeys walk across a field in Kennebunk, Maine, on 16 October 2020. Photograph: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Hunters in Maine have been warned not to eat wild turkeys in parts of the state, after the birds were found to contain “forever chemicals” that can cause an increased risk of cancer.

Maine officials warned that high levels of Pfas – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – have been detected in wild turkey and deer killed and harvested in areas in the south-west of the state.

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