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NOTICE OF MEETING
In accordance with requirements of Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 39, Section 23A, the Cambridge Water Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 between 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm on the Second Floor Conference Room, Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility, Cambridge Water Department, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge, MA 02138. If you require a sign language interpreter or other auxiliary aid or service, please notify Linda Vierboom, Administrative Assistant (tel: 349-4771), at least two weeks in advance. Such request can also be made through the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities at 349-4672, 472-0235 (TTY / TDD
Forum To Discuss the Health Effects of Plastic Lined Pipes on Drinking Water.
The Water Board has invited two experts to describe their research and concerns on the possible health effects of chemicals released from plastic lined water pipes under consideration to repair large water main pipes in Cambridge.
One presenter Dr. Joan Ruderman, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is a biologist currently at Princeton and previously a professor of cell biology at Harvard Medical School. She will describer her research on the effects of plastic on the molecular mechanisms that drive cell division and the effects of endocrine disrupters that mimic the actions of estrogen, testosterone and other hormones and their effect on human health.
Dr Andrew Whelton is an environmental engineer and a Purdue University faculty member in the Dept of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering. His expertise focuses on infrastructure, the environment and public health with specific emphasis on emerging health and environmental risks associated with technology. Presently he is leading a major rapid response project to elucidate the environmental and occupational exposure risks of cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) water infrastructure repair technology. This is the kind of technology that is under consideration for use in Cambridge.