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Testing for PFAS on Cape Cod: STEEP Team visits Barnstable, Yarmouth
News
4 Oct 2019
46 percent of 101 private wells tested in 12 Cape towns contained at least one PFAS chemical. Two or more PFAS chemicals were detected in 28 percent of the wells. Three percent had PFAS levels exceeding a new, stricter groundwater standard of 20 ppt for six emerging chemical. Presentations from STEEP Science Day are available online at web.uri.edu/steep/news-events/science-day-2/
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Silent Spring Institute awarded $1M to study health impacts of PFAS in drinking water
News
26 Sep 2019 | The Barnstable Patriot
The team plans to collect blood samples from 1,000 adults and 300 children in two communities in Eastern Massachusetts—Hyannis and Ayer—where public drinking water supplies have been contaminated by PFAS from the use of firefighting foams at nearby fire training areas.
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‘Forever chemicals’ now found in Massachusetts schools
News
9 Sep 2019 | Boston Globe
The water fountains [at the schools in Stow] have been turned off. The state decided to test the water in Stow because of the schools’ proximity to the former Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex... wells at the Hale School had a cumulative total of more than 38 ppt of five of the chemicals; the Center School had more than 24 ppt.
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker proposes funding to address PFAS problem
News
6 Sep 2019 | MassLive
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection could get $8.4 million to step up well water testing in search of PFAS contamination... Some of the money could also be used for point-of-consumption remediation efforts.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Plasma Concentrations and Bone Mineral Density in Midchildhood: A Cross-Sectional Study (Project Viva, United States)
Science
21 Aug 2019 | Environ. Health Perspect.
PFAS exposure impairs bone development in children and effects their lifelong skeletal health.
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Spring Hill water shuts down after elevated levels of PFAS detected in its products
News
3 Aug 2019 | WGBH
Spring Hill Water said in a statement on Friday that while it has fixed the problem, the adverse media coverage and the potential for changing regulations are forcing them to close the 117-year-old family business.
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Some bottled water brands have concerning PFAS levels, Massachusetts regulator warns
News
12 Jul 2019 | Consumer Reports
There’s evidence that PFAS contamination may also be a concern in bottled water. Some bottled waters sourced from Spring Hill Farm Dairy in Haverhill, Mass., contain PFAS chemicals at levels higher than recommended for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding or for bottle-fed infants, according to a July 2 advisory from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
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Maternal Plasma per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Concentrations in Early Pregnancy and Maternal and Neonatal Thyroid Function in a Prospective Birth Cohort: Project Viva (USA)
Science
8 Jul 2019 | Environmental Health Perspectives
Prenatal exposure to PFAS negatively influences thyroid function in both mothers and infants.
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Massachusetts: PFAS Drinking Water Standard (MCL) Development
Policy
20 Jun 2019
MassDEP is in the process of establishing a PFAS MCL of 20 ppt (applicable to the SUM of concentrations for PFDA, PFHpA, PFHxS, PFNA, PFOS & PFOA). Written comments are due by COB on July 19, 2019.
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Determinants of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in midlife women: Evidence of racial/ethnic and geographic differences in PFAS exposure
Science
18 May 2019 | Environ. Res.
Exposure levels to PFOS, PFOA, and PFNA varies between race/ethnic groups and geographic location in an all women cohort study.