[SEMCO] STEEP Science Day: Thursday June 7th, 10 am - 4 pm, Barnstable Town Hall

Fri May 25 11:56:08 EDT 2018

“Protect Your Water, Tap into Science”

Join Us for STEEP Science Day!

WHO: The STEEP Superfund research team (University of Rhode Island, Harvard
T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Silent Spring Institute) in partnership
with the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) and Sierra Club Cape
Cod Group

WHAT: STEEP Science Day! Members of the STEEP Superfund research center
will be back in Hyannis for a full-day community event focused on the
science of hazardous chemicals called PFASs and their occurrence in U.S.
drinking water supplies, including on Cape Cod. The program will include
project updates from the STEEP team, a film screening, and a tour of the
Hyannis Water System facility, among other activities. The annual event is
an opportunity for members of the Cape Cod community to connect with STEEP
scientists, learn about research on PFASs, ask questions, and voice their
concerns. See below for a full list of scheduled activities. This event is
free and open to the public. All are welcome!

WHEN: Thursday, June 7th, 2018, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Barnstable Town Hall, 367 Main Street, Hyannis, MA

* ASL interpreters will be available

Questions? Contact:

Laurel Schaider, Ph.D.

Silent Spring Institute

schaider at silentspring.org

(617) 332-4288 x224

Alyson McCann

University of Rhode Island

alyson at uri.edu

(401) 874-5398

Schedule of Activities:

Barnstable Town Hall, Hearing Room: 10 am – 2:45 pm

10:00 – 11:30 am: Film screening of The Islands and the Whales followed by
Q&A with Philippe Grandjean, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The
documentary about an affected community is set in the Faroe Islands where
STEEP research on the health effects of PFASs will take place.

11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Break for lunch—meet and mingle with STEEP scientists
and graduate students (light refreshments provided)

12:30 – 2:45 pm: Updates from the STEEP team and discussion

Opening remarks:

Cheryl Osimo, Silent Spring/MBCC and Mark Ells, Barnstable Town Manager

Speakers:

Rainer Lohmann (project lead), URI Graduate School of Oceanography

Philippe Grandjean (co-lead), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Cindy Hu, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Geoffrey Bothun, URI College of Engineering

Alyson McCann, URI College of Environment and Life Sciences

Laurel Schaider, Silent Spring Institute

Judith Swift, Nicole Rohr, Amber Neville, URI Coastal Institute

Concurrent Activities: 3:00 – 4:30 pm

3:00 – 4:30 pm: Where does your water come from?: Tour of the Hyannis Water
System drinking water treatment facility (offsite)

3:00 – 4:00pm: What's on your mind?: A discussion on sharing STEEP
information and educational materials with the community (Barnstable Town
Hall, Selectman’s Conference Room)

3:00 – 4:00 pm: Spotlight on young scientists: STEEP Trainees poster
session and short presentations (Barnstable Town Hall, Hearing Room)

About STEEP: The Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFASs (STEEP)
Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center is a collaboration between the
University of Rhode Island, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health,
Department of Environmental Health, and Silent Spring Institute. Led by
URI, the five-year project is addressing the emerging and expanding problem
of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking water—how these
chemicals move through our environment, how we are exposed through our
drinking water, and how they affect our health. Local project partners
include the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition and the Sierra Club Cape
Cod Group.

STEEP is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS).

For more information about STEEP, visit: https://web.uri.edu/steep/

Learn more <https://silentspring.org/detoxmeactionkit/> about Silent
Spring's new crowdsourced study on people's exposure to toxics!
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