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Barnstable County has set aside $7.8 million to clean up the so-called "forever chemicals" in groundwater stemming from the former Barnstable Fire and Rescue Training Academy.
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Researchers from the Silent Spring Institute revealed this week that, among residents who lived in the community over a recent 10-year period, blood levels of PFHxS were more than three times higher than the median for the general population. Those researchers are now beginning the work of understanding the link between PFAS exposure in drinking water and specific health effects.
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“The firefighting foam … was mostly used in the 70s and 80s, and one additional application in 1997 at the base,” said Heidi Pickard. “This is decades later that you're still seeing high levels in the fish.”
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The feds could eventually release rules limiting the use of treated sludge as fertilizer, meaning more towns will be trying to dispose of theirs. The team at the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center call this scenario, "Sludgement Day."
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Attorneys estimate that more than 100 who’ve already joined the case were exposed to the so-called “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, thyroid diseases, fertility issues and more while working with firefighting foam on or around Joint Base Cape Cod.
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Barnstable County will install more monitoring wells in Hyannis this month to continue mapping PFAS groundwater contamination stemming from the former fire training academy.
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Cape Cod's drinking water mostly 'excellent,' ponds and embayments mostly 'unacceptable': new reportThe Association to Preserve Cape Cod released its fifth annual State of the Waters report. Along with assessment data, it urges towns to take advantage of funding for infrastructure to address the primary cause of poor water quality: nitrogen pollution from stormwater runoff, fertilizers, and septic systems.
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Results are back for drinking water in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, a jail located within the bounds of Joint Base Cape Cod. CAI’s environment team tested to see if PFAS – or “forever chemicals” – are coming through the pipes to incarcerated people.
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PFAS cleanups are happening at the Cape Cod Gateway Airport and Barnstable County's former fire training academy.
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Next steps are starting to take shape for cleaning up a 6,200-acre plume of ‘forever chemicals’ stemming from Joint Base Cape Cod.