[SEMCO] Silent Spring Institute research update - Wednesday 10/2 at 12:00pm in Barnstable Town Hall

[Laurel Schaider]

*SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE RESEARCH
UPDATE<http://silentspring.org/news/press_releases/silent-spring-institute-research-update-0>
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*How can we protect cape drinking water?  New research motivates innovative
wastewater plans
Progress in breast cancer prevention research

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 12:00–1:30 p.m.
Barnstable Town Hall, 2nd Floor Hearing Room, 367 Main Street, Hyannis
Lunch will be served

Speakers:
Laurel Schaider, PhD, Research Scientist, Silent Spring Institute
Ann Maguire,  first president and co-founder of Massachusetts Breast Cancer
Coalition and co-founder of Silent Spring Institute
John K. Erban, MD, Clinical Director, Tufts Medical Center Cancer Center;
and Silent Spring Institute Board of Directors

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Recent findings and next steps for Silent Spring Institute study of
contaminants of emerging concern in Cape Cod groundwater

Previous studies by Silent Spring Institute have shown pharmaceuticals,
consumer product chemicals, and other contaminants of emerging concern in
Cape Cod drinking water and groundwater. With funding from the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, Institute researchers recently completed a
study<http://silentspring.org/our-publications/study_reports/emerging-contaminants-septic-systems-and-drinking-water>
that
synthesized existing information about contaminants of emerging concern in
septic system discharges and used these results to estimate contaminant
inputs into watersheds and areas that recharge drinking water wells on Cape
Cod. Starting this fall, Silent Spring Institute will be conducting a new
study of contaminants of emerging concern in eco-toilets, a sustainable,
low-cost approach being considered to treat wastewater and address nutrient
pollution on the Cape. These studies are especially important now because
Cape Cod is debating wastewater management options to address nutrient
pollution into sensitive ecosystems, and these decisions have long-term
implications for protection of drinking water quality.


Silent Spring Institute’s contributions to breast cancer prevention research

Ann Maguire, an advocate for women's health and first president and
co-founder of Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition and co-founder of
Silent Spring Institute, will describe Silent Spring Institute’s close ties
with MBCC and the importance of the Institute’s ongoing contributions to
addressing local environmental health and water quality concerns.

Dr. John Erban, an internationally-recognized expert in breast cancer
treatment and a member of Silent Spring Institute’s Board of Directors,
will describe Silent Spring’s role in advancing our understanding of
preventable causes of breast cancer and the Institute’s contributions to
breast cancer prevention research. Silent Spring Institute is the only
nonprofit organization dedicated to breast cancer prevention research.
Silent Spring’s research has been cited as foundational in three major
national reports on links between the environment and cancer, and
specifically breast cancer.

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For more information, contact:  Amelia Jarvinen, jarvinen at silentspring.org,
(617) 332-4288 x226

Click here<http://silentspring.org/news/press_releases/contaminants-pervasive-cape-cods-drinking-water-supply-silent-spring-institute-f>to
learn more about recent Silent Spring Institute water quality
research.
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Laurel Schaider, PhD
Research Scientist
Silent Spring Institute
29 Crafts Street, Newton, MA 02458
(617) 332-4288 ext 224
schaider at silentspring.org
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