MA PFAS & Your Health Study: Ayer Community Forum

Come learn about the latest findings on past exposures to PFAS from drinking water among residents in Ayer, including:

• How where you live and home water filtration may have impacted your past PFAS exposures
• Associations between PFAS and elevated blood pressure
• Additional analyses on PFAS-related health effects currently underway

When: Thursday, November 19, 2026, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Where: Ayer Shirley Regional High School, Ayer, MA (and online via Zoom)

There will be a Q&A session with the public following the presentation. Light refreshments will be served. 

Program:

Welcoming remarks from People of Ayer Concerned About the Environment (PACE)

• Christine Goulet & Laurie Nehring

Presentation of latest study findings by Silent Spring Institute

• Laurel Schaider, PhD, Principal Investigator, Senior Scientist
• Emily Heckel, MPH, Study Coordinator, Staff Scientist
• Aaron Maruzzo, MPH, Staff Scientist
• Yuting Wang, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher

Q&A session

• Moderated by Silent Spring Institute scientists

Click here to register and receive a Zoom link. Registration is optional for in-person attendance.

Event flyer

About: The Massachusetts PFAS & Your Health Study is one of seven projects funded by the CDC as part of a national health study on PFAS. Nearly 800 adults and children across Hyannis and Ayer participated in the study to help scientists understand the effects of PFAS in drinking water on human health.