Page 2 - Bridger Ruyle News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from Bridger ruyle. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In Bridger Ruyle Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Uncovering Hidden Forever Chemicals

Uncovering Hidden Forever Chemicals
New tool finds and fingerprints previously undetected PFAS compounds in watersheds on Cape Cod
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) found large quantities of previously undetectable compounds from the family of chemicals known as PFAS in six watersheds on Cape Cod using a new method to quantify and identify PFAS compounds. Exposures to some PFAS, widely used for their ability to repel heat, water, and oil, are linked to a range of health risks including cancer, immune suppression, diabetes, and low infant birth weight.
The new testing method revealed large quantities of previously undetected PFAS from fire-retardant foams and other unknown sources. Total concentrations of PFAS present in these watersheds were above state maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for drinking water safety. ....

Barnstable County , United States , Marstons Mills , Mill Creek , Cape Cod , Colin Thackray , Denis Leblanc , Andrea Tokranov , Heidi Pickard , Elsie Sunderland , National Institute For Environmental Health Sciences , Environmental Protection Agency , National Institutes Of Health , Strategic Environmental Research , Environmental Science Technology , University Of Rhode Island , Barnstable County Fire Training Academy , Development Program , Us Geological Survey , Toxic Substances Hydrology Program , Harvard Johna Paulson School Of Engineering , Superfund Research Program , United States Geological , Harvard John , Applied Sciences , Bridger Ruyle ,

'Forever chemicals' pervade drinking water sources on Cape Cod, study finds

âForever chemicalsâ pervade drinking water sources on Cape Cod, study finds
The compounds have been linked to cancer, low infant birth weights, and suppression of the immune system
By David Abel Globe Staff,Updated March 8, 2021, 12:06 p.m.
Email to a Friend
Andrew Gottlieb, the executive director of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod, steered his boat on Mashpee Wakeby Pond, a watershed affected by chemical pollutants.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
The primary source of drinking water for tens of thousands of people on Cape Cod has elevated levels of toxic chemicals, according to a new study.
Scientists at Harvard University found that several watersheds on the upper Cape around Mashpee had 40 times more PFAS â known as âforever chemicalsâ because they never fully degrade â than new state rules allow. The compounds, which a growing body of research has found can be harmful in minute amounts, have been linked to cancer, low infant ....

Faroe Islands , United States , Marstons Mills , Mill Creek , Katie Gronendyke , Atlantic Ocean , Anna Ruth Robuck , Andrew Gottlieb , Maureo Fernandezy Mora , Elsie Sunderland , Environmental Protection Agency , University Of Rhode Island , Cape Codin Buzzards Bay , Massachusetts Department Of Environmental Protection , Environmental Affairs , Association To Preserve Cape Cod , Office Of Energy , Bridger Ruyle , Joint Base Cape Codin Buzzards Bay , Barnstable County , Rescue Training Academy , Massachusetts Department , Environmental Protection , Executive Office , Mashpee Water District , Preserve Cape Cod ,

Study: High levels of PFAS contaminants in Mashpee, Hyannis watersheds

HYANNIS – A study released Friday by Harvard University researchers found that conventional testing for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) found just a fraction of what was actually present in water tested at sampling sites in the Childs River and Quashnet River watersheds in Mashpee, and the Mill Creek watershed in Hyannis.
But the finding no one expected was an additional large amount of PFAS in these three watersheds that had previously gone undetected and was not from firefighting foams used nearby.
“The biggest point sources (for PFAS) were the firefighting foams, but that it only explained half the total amount was very surprising to us,” said Bridger Ruyle, a Ph.D. student in environmental science and engineering at Harvard University and the lead author of the paper, which was published in the journal “Environmental Science & Technology.” ....

United States , Harvard University , Marstons Mills , Mill Creek , Quashnet River , Cape Cod , Childs River , Daniel Santos , Environmental Protection Agency , Barnstable Fire Rescue Training Academy , Strategic Environmental Research , Environmental Science Technology , University Of Rhode Island , Development Program , Barnstable Department Of Public Works , Massachusetts Department Of Environmental Protection , Harvard Johna Paulson School Of Engineering , Us Geological , Superfund Research Program , Bridger Ruyle , Massachusetts Department , Environmental Protection , Hyannis Water System , Mashpee Water District , Lakeside Estates , Sea Mist ,

Uncovering hidden forever chemicals

E-Mail
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) found large quantities of previously undetectable compounds from the family of chemicals known as PFAS in six watersheds on Cape Cod using a new method to quantify and identify PFAS compounds. Exposures to some PFAS, widely used for their ability to repel heat, water, and oil, are linked to a range of health risks including cancer, immune suppression, diabetes, and low infant birth weight.
The new testing method revealed large quantities of previously undetected PFAS from fire-retardant foams and other unknown sources. Total concentrations of PFAS present in these watersheds were above state maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for drinking water safety. ....

Barnstable County , United States , Marstons Mills , Mill Creek , Cape Cod , Colin Thackray , Denis Leblanc , Andrea Tokranov , Heidi Pickard , Elsie Sunderland , National Institute For Environmental Health Sciences , Environmental Protection Agency , National Institutes Of Health , Strategic Environmental Research , Environmental Science Technology , University Of Rhode Island , Barnstable County Fire Training Academy , Development Program , Us Geological Survey , Toxic Substances Hydrology Program , Harvard Johna Paulson School Of Engineering , Superfund Research Program , United States Geological , Harvard John , Applied Sciences , Bridger Ruyle ,