Dear Friends in Prevention,

 

The summer has been a busy and productive one for Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) filled with events and advancement with our work towards cancer prevention. 

 

As a community partner, MBCC is working with our sister organization, Silent Spring Institute, on two important projects funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The first project, with researchers from the University of Rhode Island (URI), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Silent Spring Institute, URI's   STEEP Superfund Research Program is testing private wells on Cape Cod for PFAS and studying how PFAS enter groundwater from firefighting foams, wastewater, and other pollution sources. STEEP will be hosting its annual update event, STEEP Science Day, on Wednesday, October 2nd on Cape Cod for residents to hear preliminary findings from the private well study and the latest PFAS research. The second project with researchers from Silent Spring Institute, Northeastern University, and Michigan State University, along with community partners, Testing for Pease and Toxics Action Center, PFAS-REACH is investigating PFAS exposures and their impacts on children's health in Hyannis, MA and at the Pease Tradeport in Portsmouth, NH.

We are excited to announce that MBCC will also be a community partner for a new Silent Spring Institute-led investigation of the health effects of PFAS exposure from drinking water among adults and children in Hyannis and Ayer. This study, part of a larger multi-site health study supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, also includes researchers from Harvard University and Eastern Research Group, along with the community group People of Ayer Concerned about the Environment. MBCC is honored and privileged to be working with citizens and scientists on these three national research projects.

 

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