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Less than one week left to register! On Monday, the Toxics in Packaging Clearinghouse (TPCH) (NEWMOA) is hosting a virtual Open House for state agencies and industry groups interested in understanding how the Clearinghouse helps with harmonization of, and compliance with, toxics in packaging laws. Register today to hear how TPCH has been using an existing framework for over three decades to assist both states and industry. Monday, September 9, 2024 11:00 – 12:30 ET, Via Zoom Register today: https://bit.ly/3YUxDbs

The Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse invites submissions for our 2025 Ken Zarker Award for Students and Early Career Professionals. The next deadline for applications is December 20th 2024 for conferences in 2025. Awards will be announced a few weeks after the application deadline. The Ken Zarker Award supports the participation of students and early career professionals in attending a green chemistry, toxics use reduction, or alternative assessment conference or workshop that occurs between January 1 and December 31, 2025. These events can be state, regional, or national in scale; they must have a minimum of one session on green chemistry, alternatives assessment (AA), toxics use reduction, pollution prevention (P2), or safer alternatives. The 2025 award(s) of either $500 or $1,000 will help support expenses associated with participating in conferences or workshops. Applicants will be asked to provide estimated expenses, e.g., transportation, lodging, registration fees, and food. Learn More: https://lnkd.in/em_wRYq8 Apply: https://lnkd.in/ejSqbwDQ

Register for Sept. 19 Webinar: A Safer Choice for Cleaning: Increasing Access to Products with Safer Ingredients Join Jennie Romer, EPA’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention, on Sept. 19, 2024, from 2-3 p.m. ET, for a webinar on how EPA’s Safer Choice program helps people find and have access to cleaning and other products made with safer ingredients and works in partnership with a broad range of stakeholders to prevent pollution. Speakers from industry, a nonprofit organization, academia and EPA will discuss the growing impact of the Safer Choice program to increase use of safer ingredients throughout the value chain and how P2 practitioners can increase use and development of safer products. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gbnQEPkq

Only two weeks away! Join the Toxics in Packaging Clearinghouse (TPCH) (NEWMOA) as they host a virtual Open House for state agencies and industry groups interested in understanding how the Clearinghouse helps with harmonization of, and compliance with, toxics in packaging laws. In 2024, the landscape of legislation addressing emerging concerns about toxics in packaging is evolving. Join this event to hear how TPCH has been using an existing framework for over three decades to assist both states and industry. Monday, September 9, 2024 11:00 – 12:30 ET, Via Zoom Register today: https://bit.ly/3YUxDbs

NEWMOA has developed a series of webinars on a wide range of PFAS topics based on “best of the best” feedback on presentations from our April 2024 Northeast Conference on the Science of PFAS and other requests from our members.  All webinars are held from 1 – 3 PM EST. Please see the links below for registration information.   PFAS Forensics: Best Practices for Unwinding Complex PFAS Sources – Wednesday August 28th Mike Eberle, TRC: Whose PFAS is it? Tips for Forensics Evaluations Matt Dunn, TetraTech: Precursor PFAS: A New Fluorinated Feedback Loop More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/ex6bmmgT     PFAS: Improving Risk Communication with the Public – Wednesday September 4th (2:00 to 3:00 eastern) Claire Nitsche, Washington State DOH: Be Less “Government-y!”: Community-Centered PFAS Risk Communication in Washington State More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/eMVRn7yS     PFAS: Investigating Inputs to Wastewater Treatment Plants – Tuesday September 17th Logan Hayes, California DTSC: Cosmetics Contribute to PFAS at Wastewater Treatment Plants in California’s Dense Urban Environments Anne Tavalire, Michigan EGLE: Reducing PFAS Discharged to Wastewater Treatment Plants: the Michigan Experience More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/ed8CTAJY   PFAS: Sampling & Analytical Method Developments – Wednesday September 25th Troy Strock, US EPA: Analytical Method Developments for Soil and Water Stephen Jackson, US EPA: Stationary Source Measurement Methods for PFAS Air Emissions More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/ehvhm2kb   PFAS: Thermal Treatment Technologies – Wednesday October 2nd Rebecca DiStefano, Calgon Carbon: Thermal Destruction of PFAS During Full-scale Reactivation of PFAS-laden Granular Activated Carbon Robert Martin, Clean Earth: Developments in the Remediation of PFAS Contaminated Soil by Thermal Desorption More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/e5FUYD7i   PFAS: Definitions for Policymaking & Federal Regulations Update – Wednesday October 9th Linda Gaines, US EPA: To Be Or Not To Be A PFAS Dianne Phillips, Holland & Knight: Buckle Your Seatbelts: 2024 Federal Regulatory Updates for PFAS More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/eUsKmRzq   PFAS in Ski Wax: Human Health & Environmental Impacts – Wednesday October 16th Kathryn Crawford, Middlebury College: Evaluating PFAS Exposure from Fluorinated Waxes Among US Snow Sport Participants Gail Carlson, Colby College: Environmental Contamination from Fluorinated Ski Wax Use More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/eKQyqU7m

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Next month, the Toxics in Packaging Clearinghouse (TPCH) (NEWMOA) is hosting a virtual Open House for state agencies and industry groups interested in understanding how the Clearinghouse helps with harmonization of, and compliance with, toxics in packaging laws. We encourage you to join the event to hear how TPCH has been using an existing framework for over three decades to assist both states and industry. Monday, September 9, 2024 11:00 – 12:30 ET, Via Zoom Register today: https://bit.ly/3YUxDbs

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I am pleased to share that I am giving an hour-long #webinar through NEWMOA on September 4 from 2PM-3PM Eastern Time! The webinar, "Be Less Government-y! Community-Centered PFAS Risk Communication in Washington State" will cover: ✔ My experience working with communities impacted by #PFAS across Washington State as a health educator. ✔ How our team approaches PFAS risk communication using health education methodologies such as environmental health literacy applications and applied behavior change theory. ✔ Tangible examples of how we are using social marketing data and co-creation with communities to develop our health education advice and health impact messaging. Visit https://lnkd.in/gdica5CV for more information and registration prices. #riskcommunication #publichealth #foreverchemicals #healthriskcommunication #socialmarketing #publichealthmessaging #healtheducation #environmentaleducation #publichealthcommunication #environmentalhealth #environmentalcleanup #behaviorchange #appliedsocialscience #socialscience #communityengagement #environmentaljustice