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Two groundwater samples, of 164 that were collected on a Camp Edwards range, were over state limits for PFAS.
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MassDEP and the U.S. EPA are not seeing eye-to-eye with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center on how to move forward with cleaning up a plume of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ that stems from the Joint Base.
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Recent testing of a plume of concentrated PFAS in the groundwater shows it has spread about a half-mile southeast toward the Cape Cod Gateway Airport.
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Samples from private wells and town water on Cape Cod were included in the USGS report.
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The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) is suing the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a Quincy-based group that guides national standards for firefighters’ protective gear, alleging that the NFPA is colluding with gear manufacturers and profiting from the standards that effectively require PFAS to be included in firefighters’ protective suits.
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The proposal could take effect later this year, setting new practices in many regions while expanding on existing standards in the few states — including Massachusetts — that already regulate the synthetic chemicals.
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The newly proposed “Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS," is designed to reduce human exposure to the 'forever chemicals.' But how effective could this legislation be? Dr. Laurel Schaider, senior scientist at Silent Spring Institute, weighs in.
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The Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) released its fourth annual "State of the Waters" report this week. It shows water quality has declined on the Cape — again.
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Silent Spring Institute is holding an informational event at Barnstable Town Hall on Wednesday, November 16 to recruit Hyannis residents for the study. Before 2016, levels of PFAS in the Hyannis water system were higher than in any other public water supply in Massachusetts. The researchers are seeking to enroll people who lived in Hyannis for any amount of time between May 2006 and July 2016.
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Researchers are hoping to better understand the effects of the chemicals known as PFAS on humans in this CDC-sponsored study. But few people from Hyannis have signed up to participate. CAI's Kathryn Eident talked with researcher Laurel Schaider about why.