Spring 2021 Toxicology and Societies

Spring 2021

Developing New Windows to Understand How we can Protect Children from Environmental Impacts

Speaker: Elaine Faustman (University of Washington, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences and the Institute for Risk Analysis and Risk Communication)
Date: March 25 2021. 11-12 pm (PT). 
Learn more about Elaine and her talk.  A recording of this presentation is available on the WWU Alumni Association website. 

Were There Excess Fetal Deaths from Waterborne Lead Exposure During the Flint Water Crisis?

Speaker: Siddhartha Roy (Virginia Tech)
Date: April 8, 2021. 11-12 pm (PT).  
Learn more about Sid and his talk. A recording of this presentation is available on the WWU Alumni Association website.

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Speaker: Kate Moore (Author)
Date: April 22, 2021. 11 -12 pm (PT).  
Learn more about Kate and her talk.  A recording of this presentation is available here.    

Visit Village Books, our designated bookstore, to purchase copies of Kate's books. 
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Indigenous Communities, Toxics, and Environmental Injustice in the Great Lakes Region of North America

Speakers: Jessica Koski (University of British Columbia Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Bureau of Indian Affairs Midwest Region, and member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula)
Date: May 6, 2021. 11-12 pm (PT).  
Learn more about Jessica and her talk.  A recording of this presentation is available here.    

Challenges of Treating PFAS, the Forever Chemical

Speaker: Michelle Crimi (Clarkson University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Date: May 20, 2021. 11-12 pm (PT).
Learn more about Michelle and her talk.  A recording of this presentation is available here.    

The Perils of PFAS

Speaker: Linda Birnbaum (currently Scientist Emeritus and former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Toxicology Program (NTP))
Date: June 3, 2021. 11-12 pm (PT).
Learn more about Linda and her talk.  A recording of this presentation is available here. 

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