[HMS News] Two community announcements...

[Steven Chamberlin]

Hello Everyone:

I hope you had a successful end to the school year.

Below are two community announcements. Please feel encouraged to  
contact me with questions.

Sincerely,



Steven M. Chamberlin
Superintendent of Schools
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The Friends of the Hopkinton Library have provided museum passes for  
all patrons.  The list of  museums is available at the link below.  
Their goal is to get the list on everyone’s fridge!

http://www.hopkintonschools.org/hsdsuper/Hopkinton.library.passes.pdf

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A science Cafe

Arsenic In Our Environment: Are Levels Unsafe?

Wednesday, June 20th

7 PM

The Barley House
Concord, NH

Attend this free talk and join the experts to understand the risks of  
arsenic in our food and water.  Dinner and drinks available.  Please  
make sure to print the 10% off coupon (at our website, www.sciencecafenh.org 
) if you plan to eat dinner in the main dining area prior to the event  
in the B Lounge.


Come to Science Cafe NH to learn about arsenic and the risks it poses  
in New Hampshire.  What is arsenic?  How are we exposed to arsenic?    
What is known about the health effects?  What is “organic” arsenic?   
Should we test our well?  What public health strategies should we  
consider? What does emerging science have to teach us?


PANELISTS:
Paul Susca, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services,  
supervises NHDES’s Drinking Water Source Protection Program, and has  
been with the program for 17 years. The program works to protect  
public water supply sources and groundwater resources, providing  
technical and financial assistance to public water systems and  
municipalities, as well as partnering with other environmental  
programs and outside organizations.

Joe Ayotte, U.S. Geological Survey, has worked as a hydrologist with  
the US Geological Survey for 24 years and has spent much of that time  
studying water quality issues in the region and nationally. He has  
published many articles related to arsenic in groundwater in New  
England and continues to conduct research related to arsenic in  
private wells. He was a 2010 recipient of the USEPA Environmental  
Merit Award based on his work related to arsenic in groundwater.

Brian Jackson, Dartmouth College, Superfund Research Program, studies  
forms and spatial distributions of trace metals found in the  
environment and in biological samples. At Dartmouth and as part of the  
Superfund Research Program, Brian has developed innovative laboratory  
techniques to analyze metals. Specifically, he investigates samples  
from soil solutions and biological tissues using “hyphenated  
separation techniques,” which detect and separate forms of metals that  
are harmful to humans. 
  
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