3/23/2006 BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE Minutes

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water wells. The water wells were tested and inspected on a regular basis. They had ruled them out as a problem. Mr. Santos added that the investigation was on going. He added that it seemed like the women,were more affected more than the men, the girls more than the boys. They didn't know why it was going after one gender. There were many variables that the DPH was looping into, The vice Chairman, Chuckie green, asked if PAVE PAWS was ruled out by both studies. Mr. Santos replied that lr. Cireen was correct. Different parts of the state the rates of cancer had been somewhat similar, according to the DPI-1, said Nir. Santos. He added that they might not be able to explain why there is cancer ur specific areas, but they were doing everything they could to check it, along with all the other departments,regarding air quality and other-possible reasons. Mr. Green, said,in relation to the findings, one point that he wanted to make was that a lot of people in the sample towns stated, were not there ten years ago, so that Mr. Santos was talking about a community that was not here and that was mixing people in from everywhere. That was one of 11 . Ch- n5 sons}that a lot of people coming down with cancer had names that were not recognized by Mr. Santos said that the DPH had interviewed each parent with children who had cancer in that particular. study and that it was the kind of information,which they were tt•ying to compile. One of the questions done on the study for Mashpee would include how many years people had lived in the Town and what their occupation was, arnong other trigs, said.Mr. Santos. The Chairman stated briefly that it was a.sad topic and that his heart went out to the people touched by the situation and that he hoped that the IDPH would find a cause. Beverly Kane asked Mr. Santos a question concerning cesspools regulations,to which Mr. Santos countered that there had not be a.Board of Health meeting held on the previous week. Mr. Santos said that he badn't conferred with Glen flan ington, due to his schedule, Last Thursday, at the BOU meeting,they had many more items on the agenda, as the week previously, there had been a snowstorm. Mr. Santos said that he put this item off to the next meeting, which was a week away on Mach 30"'. For the Board of Health, in making regulations, once it was advertised} it was a regulation. The BOH usually puts the public comments in to their meetings, but due to scheduling problems, it was delayed. The Chairman asked the vice Chairman about a tine line for waterways and that there was no solution to getting rid of dredge soils. The vice Chainnan reported that an update on the dredging issues from the waterways Commission was being requested by the Board of Selectmen on an every two-month basis. Ted.Theis asked the Committee members how the ERIC was moving along. The vice Chairman said that there were two candidates so far that had come forward. Mr. Theis said that at the last meeting the Conunittee had recommended to each other to ask friends and neighbors and identify civic groups regarding joining the FDIC. John Miller spoke and said that he had corresponded with Joyce Mason after the March I oth cut-off date. All he knew was the members were, as yet, himself and one unidentified person. It was decided to regroup in the recruiting,strategy and he said he would be happy to be a part of that process. Since then,there had been a flutter of activity at the Chamber of Commerce level while Joyce was away and the Chamber through its} members and network had reiterated that call, fart of the constituency includes most of the civic and boards and or;gani*zations in the Town. He said that notice went out by e-mail and tln-ough the Chamber newsletter. Meanwhile,Mr. Miller said he and several others in the Chamber carne out with a list of prospective candidates who met the five criteria of expertise that was necessary and most of then lived in the Town. They bad made some non-binding overtures to these selected people encouraging therm to contact Town Hall. He said that with Ms. Mason being on vacation,there