PFAS in drinking water (STEEP)
The STEEP Superfund Research Program Center was established to address the emerging and expanding problem of PFAS in drinking water—how these contaminants move through our environment, how we are exposed, and how they affect our health.
Media coverage
What Are the Risks of PFAS That Continue to Escalate?
December 2023, Discover
The Poison in Us All
November 2023, Bloomberg
October is the global breast cancer awareness month - Here's what to know about Cape Cod
October 2023, Cape Cod Times
The Filthy Truth About Your Tap Water
March 2023, Wired
Local lawmakers propose bill to ban 'forever' chemicals from food packaging, firefighter gear
February 2023, CAI/NPR - Cape, Coast & Islands
PFAS advisory: State asks people to limit or not eat fish caught at 5 Cape Cod ponds
November 2021, Cape Cod Times
How “forever chemicals” might impair the immune system
April 2021, PNAS
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ more common in tap water than thought, report says
January 2020, National Geographic
PFAS: A local and global challenge
December 2019, Cape Cod Times
What Are PFAS Chemicals, And Should I Be Freaking Out About Them?
November 2019, WBUR
Nearly half of private wells sampled on Cape have PFAS
October 2019, Cape Cod Times
Tainted bottled water is being sold at supermarkets throughout New England
July 2019, The Boston Globe
EPA’s plan to regulate chemical contaminants in drinking water is a drop in the bucket
March 2019, The Conversation
Free Cape well testing program launched
April 2018, Cape Cod Times
New R.I.-Based Program Takes Aim at Growing Chemical Threat
December 2017, ecoRI News
URI, Harvard, Silent Spring to research widely used chemicals, PFASs
December 2017, Providence Journal
Researchers to study chemical contamination of US waters
August 2017, The Boston Globe