CHP Berkshires Names Senior VP for HR

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community Health Programs has named Eva Sheridan to the role of senior vice president for human resources. 
 
Sheridan will lead a staff of 280 across the CHP healthcare network, which has practice locations in Great Barrington, Lee, Pittsfield, Adams, and  North Adams and Mobile Health.
 
Most recently, the vice president of human resources for Iredale Cosmetics, Sheridan, has previously led human resources operations at Boyd Biomedical in Lee, Main Street Hospitality Group, and Mountain One Financial Partners.  
A graduate of American International College, Sheridan holds a master's degree in human resource development. She earned her B.S. in biological sciences from Mount Holyoke College, and she is a national graduate of Stonier School of Banking (American Banking Association) where she earned a finance certificate. She is also a graduate of the Berkshire Leadership Program. 
 
A resident of Stockbridge, Sheridan is president of the MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board and she is a volunteer for the Massachusetts Medical Response Core. She is vice president of the board of Community Access to the Arts and she has held prior board leadership roles with Berkshire Hills Youth Soccer, Stockbridge Golf Club, Berkshire Strategic Alliance, and the Berkshire Visitors Bureau.  

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Elevated Mercury Level Found in Center Pond Fish

BECKET, Mass. — The state Department of Public Health has issued an advisory after a mercury-contaminated fish was found in Center Pond. 
 
According to a letter sent to the local Board of Health from the Division of Environmental Toxicology, Hazard Assessment and Prevention, elevated levels of mercury were measured in the sample taken from the pond. 
 
The concentration in the fish exceeded DPH's action level of 0.5 milligrams per kilogram, or parts per million. 
 
"This indicates that daily consumption of fish from the waterbody may pose a health concern. Therefore, DPH has issued a FCA for Center Pond recommending that sensitive populations should not eat chain pickerel and all other people should limit consumption of chain pickerel to 2 meals/month," the letter states.
 
The letter specifically points to chain pickerel, but the 60-acre pond also has largemouth and smallmouth bass and yellow perch.
 
The "sensitive populations" include children younger than 12, those who are nursing, pregnant, or who may become pregnant.
 
The Toxicology Division recommends reducing intake of "large, predatory fish" or fish that feed on the bottoms of waterbodies, such as largemouth bass and carp. More information on safely eating fish can be found here
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