Re: [CPEO-MEF] [PFCs] Highly Fluorinated Compounds: Social and Scientific Discovery - Conference June 14-15, 2017

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lauren,

Great that this will happen! Do you want to share it with CPEO's Military Environmental Forum <Military Environmental Forum <military@lists.cpeo.org>>? It's a larger list with many subscribers from industry and government.

Lenny

On Dec 1, 2016, at 8:37 AM, Lauren Richter wrote:

Dear PFC list, 

We are excited to share this save the date with you. Please find a PDF of this announcement attached as well and feel free to pass this on. 

Save the Date: June 14-15, 2017 

Highly Fluorinated Compounds – Social and Scientific Discovery 

Northeastern University, Boston

This two-day conference in Boston will address the social, scientific, political, economic, and environmental health issues raised by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). It will examine both ubiquitous exposure in consumer products and discrete historic and recent contamination discoveries in drinking water and soil around the world. 

This conference will bring together scientists, government agency professionals, community-based organization leaders, national and regional environmental advocates, retail and industry representatives, journalists, and lawyers. In addition to plenary speakers and panels, there will be time for smaller discussions (e.g., community activism, waste management, journalism).

Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, will be the keynote speaker.

We hope to provide some financial support for community advocates to attend.

This conference is sponsored by the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute (Northeastern University Boston MA), Silent Spring Institute (Newton MA), Testing for Pease (Portsmouth NH), and Toxics Action Center (Boston MA). 

A detailed program will be published online in early 2017. To be notified when registration opens, please send your email address to Stephanie Knutson: s.knutson@northeastern.edu 

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Lauren Richter | Doctoral Research Assistant

Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute

Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Northeastern University

richter.l@husky.neu.edu

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