AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Gov. Janet Mills has asked the Maine congressional delegation to help secure federal funding to address contamination from what’s called “forever chemicals.”

The Portland Press Herald reports that Mills wrote a letter to the state’s four members of Congress asking for federal funding and regulation to deal with the chemicals.

Mills in the letter outlined some of the steps underway to detect and address contamination including testing water, milk and meat samples as well as treated sewage.

Some of the chemicals have been linked to health problems, including cancer, kidney problems, reproductive dysfunction, immune suppression, high cholesterol and low birth weight.