As advocates for prevention, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition needs your help with the following action to support the passage of H.4166, An Act relative to drinking and ground water research. Please Take Action to support Silent Spring Institute’s research of unregulated chemicals of concern in public and private drinking water wells and ground water in … Read more
From left to right: Representative Paul K Frost, Dr.; Laurel Schaider, Silent Spring Institute; Representative Gloria Fox; Margo Simon Golden, MBCC Board President; Representative Alan Silvia; Gerry Swift, MBCC Board Treasurer On October 21st we hosted an educational forum with Representative Paul K Frost (R-Auburn) for Massachusetts state Representatives and Senators. At the forum we … Read more
Silent Spring Institute’s funding request put forth by the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) which is included in amendment #514, line item 7504-0100 will be debated in the Senate tomorrow, Wednesday, May 21. Senator Daniel Wolf (D-Hyannis) will sponsor and champion the request in this amendment which allocates $500,000 in the FY 2015 Senate budget for … Read more
In the January 2014 issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Science of The Total Environment, Silent Spring Institute researchers published results of their most recent water quality research. Researchers tested 20 public water wells for 92 different wastewater-related contaminants. The most frequently detected contaminants were pharmaceuticals and perfluorosurfactants (used in many consumer products including food packaging, … Read more
