There also need to be convenient ways of disseminating information. He thinks that a meeting is not the best way and suggested using the Internet, especially for interactive questions and answers. He also suggested radio talk shows since radio hosts have the ability to popularize complicated issues. He feels that everyone should be more creative about public education and the Internet allows people to participate at whatever level in a controlled manner. W. Bergeron thinks that there is an advantage to public meetings since not everyone has web access.
Personal interaction is very important to allay fears.
Worried citizens would also like to go on record with their concerns. P. Borrelli pointed out that the CCS website gives visitors the opportunity to ask questions which are answered by experts. G. Grossman thinks PIAC needs to explore this further at its next meeting. They met to discuss the problems and complexities with food web modeling and attempted to develop a way to address what they see as the potential impacts from the outfall, particularly on right whales. The first step is that nutrients from the effluent may affect or change phytoplankton composition and abundance.