12:30 pm – 2:45 pm  STEEP Update

12:30 – 12:35  Welcome

– Cheryl Osimo, Silent Spring/MBCC

– Mark Ells, Barnstable Town Manager

12:35 – 12:55  STEEP Superfund Research Center Overview Recent advances in detecting PFAS in air and water

– Rainer Lohmann, STEEP Superfund Research Program Director

– URI Graduate School of Oceanography

12:55 – 1:10  PFAS: where are they from, how do they change in the environment, and how are humans exposed to them?

– Cindy Hu, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Env. Health

1:10 – 1:25  Properties of PFAS that make them unique

– Geoffrey Bothun, URI College of Engineering

1:25 – 1:40  New evidence on PFAS from science and previously hidden documents

– Philippe Grandjean, STEEP co-director

– Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health

1:40 – 1:55  Community Engagement – Update on Cape Cod private well testing program

– Alyson McCann, URI College of Environment and Life Sciences

– Laurel Schaider, Silent Spring Institute

1:55 – 2:10  Research Translation – The geography of PFAS information

– Judith Swift, Nicole Rohr, Amber Neville, URI Coastal Institute

2:10 – 2:45  Q&A/Discussion

2:45 – 3:00 pm  Break, Participants Select Afternoon Activities

 

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