{"id":13994,"date":"2020-05-08T13:49:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/?p=13994"},"modified":"2021-12-01T15:56:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:56:31","slug":"postponed-fluoros-2021-an-international-symposium-on-fluorinated-compounds-and-their-impacts-on-human-and-environmental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/postponed-fluoros-2021-an-international-symposium-on-fluorinated-compounds-and-their-impacts-on-human-and-environmental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Postponed: &#8220;FLUOROS 2021 \u2013 An International Symposium on Fluorinated Compounds and Their Impacts on Human and Environmental Health&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14783\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-third_column wp-image-14783\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/STEEP_FLUOROS_banner_square_web_border-2-364x364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/STEEP_FLUOROS_banner_square_web_border-2-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/STEEP_FLUOROS_banner_square_web_border-2-133x133.jpg 133w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/STEEP_FLUOROS_banner_square_web_border-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/STEEP_FLUOROS_banner_square_web_border-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/STEEP_FLUOROS_banner_square_web_border-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/STEEP_FLUOROS_banner_square_web_border-2-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/STEEP_FLUOROS_banner_square_web_border-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLUOROS 2021, October 3-6, Providence, Rhode Island. An International Symposium on Fluorinated Compounds and Their Impacts on Human and Environmental Health<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Opportunity for unbiased, multidisciplinary exchange on PFAS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FLUOROS symposium dedicated to sharing the latest science on PFAS, \u201csilent\u201d and harmful chemicals often present in common household and business settings, is postponed from October of 2020 to October of 2021. This will allow for a face-to-face convening of international researchers to address progress on defining the adverse health impacts of PFAS and addressing their ubiquitous presence. \u201cFLUOROS 2021 \u2013 An International Symposium on Fluorinated Compounds and Their Impacts on Human and Environmental Health\u201d will take place October 3-6, 2021 at the WaterFire Arts Center (Providence, RI) and registration will open in Spring 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Focus areas of the future symposium will include \u201cDealing with the Universe of PFAS,\u201d \u201cGlobal Transport and Fate,\u201d \u201cRemediation and Disposal,\u201d \u201cEcological Effects, Vulnerable Species or Pathways,\u201d and \u201cEpidemiology and Toxicology.\u201d In addition, posters will be displayed throughout the Symposium, with dedicated time to allow poster presenters to interact with attendees; trainee and student poster proposals are strongly encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>FLUOROS 2021 is hosted by the University of Rhode Island STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure, &#038; Effects of PFAS) Superfund Research Program and funded, in part, by the National Institute of Health Environmental Health Sciences in coordination with partners from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Silent Spring Institute.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/fluoros-global-2021-worldwide-gathering-of-pfas-community-examined-science-solutions-for-forever-chemicals\/\"><strong>More information<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opportunity for unbiased, multidisciplinary exchange on PFAS. The FLUOROS symposium dedicated to sharing the latest science on PFAS, \u201csilent\u201d and harmful chemicals often present in common household and business settings, is postponed from October of 2020 to September of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002,"featured_media":14783,"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-13994","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\/13994","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=13994"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16447,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13994\/revisions\/16447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}