UW SRP Webinars

Webinars

The UW SRP community engagement core partners with the Northwest Toxic Communities Coalition to identify topics of interest to community-based organizations working to protect their communities from hazardous waste hazards and promote effective cleanups. We host quarterly webinars available to the public on selected topics. Registration links and recordings of recent webinars are available below.

Most Recent Webinar

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Oct. 13, 12-1:30 PM: Children Run Better Unleaded

Lead contamination linked to the Bunker Hill Superfund Site has been a cause of concern to health officials and citizens in Idaho's Silver Valley for decades. Hear from experts and advocates about the dangers of childhood lead exposure, how to test your garden for lead, and efforts to establish a community lead health clinic in the Silver Valley. Panelists: Dr. Steve Gilbert (UW), Rhonda Kaetzel (ATSDR), Barbara Miller (Silver Valley Community Resource Center).

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Past Webinars

The title of the webinar superimposed on a photo of the Duwamish River with a chainlink fence in the foreground and a fishing advisory sign which has been spray-painted to read "Just don't eat fish."

Institutional Controls: A Case Study

Professor Cliff Villa of the University of New Mexico, Piper Peterson of EPA Region 10, and James Rasmussen of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition discuss EPA's Institutional Control Plan for fishers at the Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site. Presenters discuss details of the plan and lessons it offers for communities developing strategies to protect the health of fishers at contaminated sites nationwide.

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The title of the webinar superimposed on a photo of the Duwamish River with a chainlink fence in the foreground and a fishing advisory sign which has been spray-painted to read "Just don't eat fish."

Institutional Controls 101

Institutional Controls (ICs) are hazard advisories and access restrictions commonly employed as treatments alongside active cleanup. Presenters Peter deFur of Environmental Stewardship Concepts and Cliff Villa of the University of New Mexico Law School discuss challenges, opportunities, and limitations of ICs based on U.S. case studies. 

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An aerial view of the Rayonier Paper Mill will pollutants coloring the water.

The Rayonier Pulp Mill Cleanup Plan

20+ years after the closure of the Port Angeles Rayonier Pulp Mill, the Washington Department of Ecology released a draft cleanup plan. Sediment, soil, and groundwater contaminants at the site include dioxins/furans, PAHs, heavy metals, PCBs, and phenols. Olympic Environmental Council's technical advisor, Dr. Peter deFur, describes proposed cleanup plan and how to get involved.

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Volatile PCBs: Sources, Spread, & Health Effects

Volatile Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) can be inhaled as a vapor and may have more harmful effects than the PCBs that bio-accumulate in animal tissue and are ingested. Dr. David Carpenter from the University of Albany discusses the sources of volatile PCBs at hazardous waste sites, the routes of exposure, and consequent health effects.

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Detection, Evaluation, & Remediation

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of naturally-occuring chemicals that are produced during the burning of coal, oil, gas, wood, garbage, and tobacco. People can be exposed to mixtures of PAHs by breathing contaminated air. Human health effects from exposure to low levels of PAHs are largely unknown; several PAHs are considered to be cancer-causing. In this webinar, Dr. Rohlman discusses methods for detecting, evaluating, and remediating PAHs.

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