Join us for an eye-opening webinar featuring Philippe Grandjean, founding editor of the journal Environmental Health, as he delves into the complex world of PFAS research. Although science is meant to be neutral and objective, Grandjean has uncovered numerous instances of bias and even falsification in PFAS-related studies. In some cases, research publications have been manipulated to support marketing agendas rather than scientific truth.
In this webinar, Grandjean will provide real-world examples of how research can be misused and share his insights on how to critically assess publications to identify which may be misleading or untrustworthy.
Event Details:
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
⏰ Time: Noon–1 PM
đź“Ť Location: URI College of Pharmacy, Room TBD
đź”— Zoom Registration: Register here
About the Speaker:
Dr. Philippe Grandjean is an international expert on the health impacts of environmental chemicals, with a focus on prenatal exposures during early development. He serves as co-lead of the Sources, Transport, Exposure & Effects of PFAS (STEEP) Superfund Research Program and leads a project studying PFAS-related health effects in children, based on long-term data from the Faroe Islands.
Dr. Grandjean is also a Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Southern Denmark and served part-time at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for 20 years. He is the author of Only One Chance – How to Protect the Brains of the Next Generation (2013) and has earned numerous awards, including the Mercury Madness Award, the John R. Goldsmith Award, and the Needleman Award for Children’s Environmental Health. He has also served on advisory committees for the European Environment Agency and the World Health Organization.
