Jared Woods

Silent Spring Institute Featured in Cape Newspapers

This article was published in the Harwich Oracle, Wareham Courier, Mashpee Enterprise, Sandwich Enterprise, and Bourne Enterprise in late August. TAKE ACTION: after reading the article below, be sure to sign the petition in support of Silent Spring Institute’s water research! Funding Lost, Silent Spring Presses On Stunned by the Failure of the state legislature to … Read more

The Boston Globe Denounces Toxics Action as “Chemophobia”

The Boston Globe article “Worried too much about chemicals? You could have chemophobia,” asks “Which causes more harm? A) pesticides and other synthetic chemicals sprayed on fruits and vegetables, or B) salmonella and other microbes living on such produce.” We respond, why do we need to compare two undesirable health conditions? The article is based … Read more

TURI Releases Carcinogens Report

The Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) recently released the report, Opportunities for Cancer Prevention: Trends in the Use and Release of Carcinogens in Massachusetts as a part of a comprehensive cancer prevention strategy. Emphasis of toxics use reduction is on changing manufacturing strategies and processes to reduce the use of carcinogens (cancer causing chemicals) and … Read more

Do It Now! at Against the Tide Brewster

Ali Crockett has a very personal reason to want to prevent breast cancer. In 2001, her sister was diagnosed with the disease, and Ali went on to become involved with the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC). Since then, 10 more of Ali’s friends have been diagnosed, making it all too clear to her that breast … Read more