PFAS

REACHing for PFAS Solutions: A Collaborative Study on Community Responses to Contaminated Drinking Water

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Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) is honored to share a newly published study, REACHing for PFAS solutions: how two communities responded to drinking water contamination, featured in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. Cheryl Osimo, MBCC’s Executive Director, is among the authors of this important research, which reflects the collaborative efforts of PFAS-REACH, a … Read more

Webinar Recording: Moving Towards Solutions: Partnering with Communities to Make Homes Healthier

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Nov webinar recording poster

Dr. Robin Dodson is Associate Director of Research Operations at Silent Spring Institute and a research scientist with expertise in exposure assessment, particularly in the indoor environment. Dr. Dodson is an adjunct assistant professor of environmental health at Boston University School of Public Health and also holds an appointment as a visiting scientist at Harvard … Read more

Webinar Recording: An update on PFAS in Massachusetts and Across the US

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Dr. Laurel Schaider is a Senior Scientist at Silent Spring Institute where she leads the Institute’s water quality research on PFAS and other contaminants of emerging concern. She studies PFAS chemicals in drinking water, consumer products, and food, drinking water contamination from septic systems, and environmental justice disparities in drinking water quality.

MBCC Applauds Passage of Firefighter Protection Bill

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Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) is excited to share that the Massachusetts legislature has passed a bill to protect firefighters from PFAS!  S.2902, “An Act Relative to the Reduction of Certain Toxic Chemicals in Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment” is a constructive first step towards greater action to protect public health and demonstrates the state’s commitment … Read more

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