The Mashpee Board of Selectmen at its meeting on Monday, August 9, in the Waquoit Meeting Room at Town Hall discussed a series of petition articles that propose a solar
Mashpee s water quality at an all-time low, report finds capecodtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capecodtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A study by Woods Hole scientists has found that microplastics have been accumulating in the sediments of Waquoit Bay salt marshes at increasing rates since as far back as 1950, when plastics came into widespread use.
Javier Lloret, a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory and the lead author of the study, described salt marshes as âdepositional environmentsâ that âgrow verticallyâ as cordgrasses and other plant life die off, forming layers of peat sediment.
âIf you go deeper into those sediments, you are going back in time; you need to imagine this like the rings in a tree trunk,â Dr. Lloret said. âIn the last 25 years only, the number of microplastic particles that we find in the sediments has doubled.â
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BOSTON A week after a study found higher levels of PFAS in Cape Cod drinking water than was previously known, scientists from Harvard University s T.H. Chan School of Public Health said exposure to the “forever chemicals” can have a negative effect on immune system development in children and is associated with some risk factors for COVID-19.
“We are late in realizing what these compounds do to the immune system, and in the meantime, these PFAS compounds have been spread globally,” Dr. Philippe Grandjean, an adjunct professor of environmental health, said during a public webinar Thursday. “I’ve never met a blood sample that did not contain PFAS. We are all exposed.”