[SEMCO] TONIGHT: The Devil We Know film screening at 6 pm in Mashpee

[Laurel Schaider]

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the STEEP Superfund Research Program will
present a screening of the documentary film, The Devil We Know, on Tuesday,
October 16th at 6:00 p.m. The screening will be co-hosted by Massachusetts
Breast Cancer Coalition, Association to Preserve Cape Cod, and Barnstable
Clean Water Coalition.

The film will be shown at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Community and
Government Center, 483 Great Neck Road South, Mashpee.

The Devil We Know, by award-winning documentary filmmaker Stephanie
Soechtig and featured at this year’s prestigious Sundance Film Festival,
chronicles one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time. The film
tells the story of a group of citizens in West Virginia as they take on a
powerful corporation following the discovery that it had knowingly dumped a
class of toxic chemicals called PFASs into the drinking water supply.

These same chemicals have also been found on Cape Cod. STEEP, a five-year
research project launched last year, is focused on understanding PFASs and
the environmental and human health impacts of these drinking water
contaminants, including here on Cape Cod. Following the film, a panel
discussion with STEEP researchers will give the local community the
opportunity to share their questions and concerns.

STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFASs) is a partnership
of the University of Rhode Island; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
Health, Department of Environmental Health; and Silent Spring Institute.
STEEP is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
Superfund Research Program.

For more information, visit: www.web.uri.edu/steep

(617) 332-4288 ext 224
www.silentspring.org
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