This webinar provides an overview of people’s exposures to PFAS from drinking water, consumer products, and other sources. Learn how researchers at Silent Spring Institute investigate residential and occupational exposures, uncover associated health effects, and translate their findings to reduce individual and community exposures and to support medical and public health professionals in helping patients navigate PFAS-related health risks in clinical settings.
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Aaron Maruzzo is a Staff Scientist at Silent Spring Institute. His area of focus includes PFAS and drinking water, environmental justice, data visualization and storytelling, the intersection of biology and public health in island communities, and health equity. At Silent Spring Institute, Aaron primarily works on a large national ATSDR-funded health study, the PFAS Multi-site Study, where he is reconstructing historical drinking water exposures and blood in communities with a history of PFAS water contamination. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, Aaron was the sole Water Lab Analyst for the public water supplier serving U.S. Pacific Islands territories. He holds a Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences from UC Berkeley and a bachelor’s in Biology and Comparative Literature from Williams College, and was awarded the Switzer Fellowship in 2021.
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Founded in 1994, Silent Spring Institute is the leading scientific research organization dedicated to uncovering the links between chemicals in our everyday environment and women’s health, with a focus on breast cancer prevention. Our groundbreaking studies produce new knowledge about the health risks associated with cancer-causing chemicals where we live, work, and play. We are also developing new technologies and methods for reducing exposures to hazardous chemicals and helping manufacturers create safer products. These solutions hold great promise for preventing breast cancer and other diseases.
Silent Spring’s community-based approach to research, in which communities partner with scientists to answer critical questions, has transformed the field of environmental health. Our pioneering methods for sharing personal exposure results with study participants have proven an effective strategy for increasing science and health literacy and translating research into better public health.
Since the Institute’s founding, our science has played a pivotal role in strengthening numerous policies at both the state and federal level to protect consumers from dangerous chemicals, while our scientific leadership has made breast cancer prevention a national research priority.
