{"id":11181,"date":"2019-02-26T18:09:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T23:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/?p=11181"},"modified":"2022-08-15T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T19:14:00","slug":"arlene-bloom-biophysical-chemist-author-and-mountaineer-to-speak-on-how-to-reduce-exposure-to-pfass-on-april-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/arlene-bloom-biophysical-chemist-author-and-mountaineer-to-speak-on-how-to-reduce-exposure-to-pfass-on-april-17th\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlene Blum &#8212; biophysical chemist, author, and mountaineer &#8212; to speak on how to reduce exposure to PFAS on April 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Blum-Lecture-05.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-third_column wp-image-11190\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Blum-Lecture-05-364x482.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Blum-Lecture-05-364x482.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Blum-Lecture-05-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Blum-Lecture-05-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Blum-Lecture-05-500x663.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Blum-Lecture-05.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Blum\u2019s science and policy work has drawn attention to the use of and ways to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals, including PFAS. In recognition of her contributions, she was recently inducted to the California Hall of Fame. Blum is also an avid mountaineer and led the first American \u2014 and all-woman \u2014 ascent of Annapurna I, which led to her authoring <i>Annapurna: A Woman&#8217;s Place<\/i>. In addition, she was elected to the Hall of Mountaineering Excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Blum&#8217;s lecture:<br \/>\n<b>Mountains and Molecules<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Wednesday, April 17th at 5:00 PM<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Hope Room URI Welcome Center<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Light refreshments provided<\/i><\/p>\n<p>All are welcome to attend, but we request that you RSVP to <a title=\"mailto:superfundsteep@etal.uri.edu\" href=\"mailto:superfundsteep@etal.uri.edu\">superfundsteep@etal.uri.edu<\/a> if you plan to attend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Blum\u2019s science and policy work has drawn attention to the use of and ways to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals, including PFAS. In recognition of her contributions, she was recently inducted to the California Hall of Fame. Blum is also an avid mountaineer and led the first American \u2014 and all-woman \u2014 ascent of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002,"featured_media":11184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11181"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16827,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11181\/revisions\/16827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}