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EPA Establishes Legal Limits for PFAS in Drinking Water — MBCC Urges Support for Bills to Address PFAS in Massachusetts

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PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  CONTACT: Cheryl Osimo, Executive Director  508-246-3047  cosimo@mbcc.org  EPA Establishes Legal Limits for PFAS in Drinking Water MBCC Urges Support for Bills to Address PFAS in Massachusetts On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized legally enforceable drinking water standards on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). According to the EPA, … Read more

Your year-end gift will support prevention in 2023!

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Dear Friend, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) is grateful for the help we receive throughout the year – not just financial support, but your support demonstrated through participation in our events and webinars, and by sharing with others information about the work we do to identify the environmental causes of breast cancer and to eliminate … Read more

PFAS-REACH Resources for Clinicians on PFAS

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The PFAS-REACH team has created a new page of Resources for Clinicians on PFAS, including a new Continuing Medical Education (CME) course. These are intended to inform medical professionals about PFAS and improve health care for residents of PFAS-impacted communities and other people exposed to elevated levels of PFAS. MBCC is working to improve knowledge … Read more

Webinar Recording: Looking Back to Look Forward: Environmental Chemical Exposure and Breast Cancer December 15, 2022

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Dr. Maricel V. Maffini is an Independent Consultant based in Maryland, US. She has more than 25 years of research experience in the fields of carcinogenesis and breast cancer, in particular, reproductive biology and endocrine disruption. For the past 10 years, her work has focused on the safety and regulation of chemicals in food and … Read more

Webinar: 2nd Annual Margo Simon Gold Memorial Webinar: PFAS in Food Packaging and Consumer Products – What Do We Know and What Can We Do?

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Poster for January webinar

This webinar, “PFAS in Food Packaging and Consumer Products – What Do We Know and What Can You Do?” will feature Dr. Arlene Blum, Ph.D., Executive Director of Green Science Policy Institute, Dr. Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Environmental Health Scientist and Independent Consultant, and Dr. Laurel Schaider, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Silent Spring Institute. Dr. Jill … Read more

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