“Mostly in coffee,” she said with a laugh.
It’s a small but important sign that the Silent Spring Institute research scientist is confident in the work Barnstable town officials have done to cut the amount of dangerous chemicals within the municipal water supply.
But before town officials recognized the problem more than five years ago, people across Hyannis were drinking the contaminated water.
Now, Schaider and her colleagues at the institute, the first organization to find PFAS chemicals in Cape Cod drinking water, are trying to assess the scale of the effects the contaminated water might have had on humans health.
“Mostly in coffee,” she said with a laugh.
It’s a small but important sign that the Silent Spring Institute research scientist is confident in the work Barnstable town officials have done to cut the amount of dangerous chemicals within the municipal water supply.
But before town officials recognized the problem more than five years ago, people across Hyannis were drinking the contaminated water.
Now, Schaider and her colleagues at the institute, the first organization to find PFAS chemicals in Cape Cod drinking water, are trying to assess the scale of the effects the contaminated water might have had on humans health.
By WXTK News
A woman was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash involving a pole early Thursday morning.
The Barnstable Fire Department got the call about the crash on Route 6A in the area of Bone Hill road at 2:07 a.m., Barnstable Fire Capt. Kevin Brailey said.
The crash snapped base of the pole, causing it to fall on top of the vehicle with live wires.
The vehicle s lone occupant suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the crash, Brailey said.
She was taken to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment. Route 6A was closed from Mary Dunn Road to Bone Hill Road from the time of the crash until approximately 11 a.m. while Eversource crews were working to replace the pole.
By WXTK News
A woman was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash involving a pole early Thursday morning.
The Barnstable Fire Department got the call about the crash on Route 6A in the area of Bone Hill road at 2:07 a.m., Barnstable Fire Capt. Kevin Brailey said.
The crash snapped base of the pole, causing it to fall on top of the vehicle with live wires.
The vehicle s lone occupant suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the crash, Brailey said.
She was taken to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment. Route 6A was closed from Mary Dunn Road to Bone Hill Road from the time of the crash until approximately 11 a.m. while Eversource crews were working to replace the pole.