# EPA warns Windham residents against eating fish from Presumpscot River near mill site

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/maine-residents-warned-not-to-fish-in-local-river-over-fears-it-is-being-contaminated-by-old-mill-thats-being-cleaned-up/
- Published: 2026-10-29T20:21:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T20:32:20+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249113/Maine-residents-warned-fish-river-contaminated.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Business, Environment, Markets, Science, World

## Key points

- EPA warned residents not to eat fish from part of the Presumpscot River.
- Testing found elevated PCBs downstream of the abandoned Keddy Mill.
- The site has been a Superfund cleanup priority since 2014.

## Summary

The US Environmental Protection Agency warned Windham residents not to eat fish caught in the Presumpscot River downstream of the Keddy Mill site, after testing found elevated levels of toxic PCBs. The advisory matters because the river is a popular place for recreation and fishing, and the chemicals can accumulate in fish tissue and pose health risks.

The abandoned, nearly seven-acre mill made steel products in the 1960s and was designated a federal Superfund site in 2014. Investigators have found fuel oil in a stormwater tunnel, petroleum in the soil and PCB-containing fluid spilled from old electrical equipment; Maine health guidance advises eating no more than four fish meals a year from parts of the river farther downstream.

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