Opinion: PFAS on Cape Cod: Here's where to get more information
PFAS exposure is nearly ubiquitous; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that over 98% of Americans have PFAS in their blood.
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PFAS exposure is nearly ubiquitous; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that over 98% of Americans have PFAS in their blood.
Protecting Cape Cod waters and ecosystems from wastewater contamination.
The Department of Environmental Protection says its proposal aims to reduce the amount of nitrogen leaching into waterways, primarily from homes.
Proposed amendments to the state's Title 5 regulations that govern septic systems could require tens of thousands of residents living in areas nitrogen pollution in the water replace or upgrade their septic systems.
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.