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SeaGrant Webinar: Detecting True, Potential, and Perceived Human Impacts from Oil Spills
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| Date(s) | June 08, 2020(15:00 - 16:00) | |
| Venue: | Online via Zoom and Facebook Live | |
The Sea Grant Oil Spill Science Outreach Team is offering a series of webinars on oil spill impacts. The first deals with Detecting the true, potential, and perceived impacts to human health following an oil spill and includes presentations by BSEE and EPA research personnel on in situ burning. Future webinars in this three-part series will discuss impacts to water quality and from dispersants. These are yet to be scheduled.
Webinar Information
Part One: Impacts of oil spills on air quality
- Kaitlyn Gam Lawrence, MSPH, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Research on impacts to the lung capacity of oil spill responders after Deepwater Horizon.
- Brian K. Gullett, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): EPA's work on in situ burning, including the monitoring of potentially harmful airborne chemicals.
- Karen N. Stone, BSEE: How BSEE uses data from in situ burning tests to inform future research and response.
Part Two: Impacts of oil spills on water quality
Webinar date and time to be determined.
Part Three: Impacts of dispersants on human health
Webinar date and time to be determined.
To learn more about these events or register, visit the Sea Grant Website. | |
| Event Website: | https://gulfseagrant.org/oilspilloutreach/presentations/webinar-series-detecting-the-true-potential-and-perceived-impacts-to-human-health-following-an-oil-spill/ | |
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