Conference Date: June 10-12, 2019

Hosted at: Northeastern University, Boston

The Organizing Committee of the 2017 PFAS Conference is happy to announce that a second conference will be held  in Boston, June 10-12, 2019 at Northeastern University. The significant growth in the number of contaminated sites, public awareness, community organizing, public policy, advisories and regulation, scientific research, and media attention calls us to once again bring together the array of participants that made the first conference so successful.

Conference Schedule: Click Here
Poster Session List: Click Here
Speaker Biographies: Click Here

The Organizing Committee of the 2019 PFAS Conference is happy to announce that our second National conference was a great success, thanks to the work of everyone involved. The significant growth in the number of contaminated sites, public awareness, community organizing, public policy, advisories and regulation, scientific research, and media attention called us to once again bring together the array of participants and stakeholders that made the first conference so successful. Below, you can find the schedule, recorded panels and presentations, and speaker biographies from the 2019 Conference.

Conference Schedule: Click Here
Poster Session List: Click Here
Speaker Biographies: Click Here

Recorded Presentations:
Day 1 – June 10th – videos and presentations
Speaker starting times for Day 1:
Chapter 1
– Phil Brown (Northeastern University) — 00:00:00
– Laurel Schaider (Silent Spring Institute) — 00:11:30
– Arlene Blum (GSPI) — 00:16:45
– Rainer Lohmann (University of Rhode Island) — 00:22:25
– Shaina Kasper (Toxics Action Center) — 00:25:25
– Linda Birnbaum (NIEHS) — 00:36:35
– Congressman Chris Pappas (NH) — 01:21:30
– Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH) — 01:27:10
– Senator Maggie Hassan (NH) — 01:30:38
– Letter from Congresswoman Anne Custer (NH) — 01:33:10
– Letter from Congressman Dan Kildee (MI) — 01:35:20
– Micheal Hickey (New York) — 01:40:40
– Arlene Blum (GSPI) — 01:43:20
Chapter 2
– Arlene Blum continued (GSPI) — 00:00:00
– Sharon Lerner (The Intercept) — 00:07:57
Chapter 3
– Congressman Dan Kildee (MI) — 00:00:00
– David Bond (Bennington College) — 00:03:14
– Bob Delaney (Michigan) — 00:17:55
– Sandy Wynn-Stelt (Michigan) — 00:33:53
– Jenny Carney (Michigan) — 00:40:14
– Tobyn McNaughton (Michigan) — 00:45:36
– Brenda Hampton (Concerned Citizens of WMEL) — 00:51:36
– Panel Discussion — 01:02:30
Chapter 4
– Miriam Calkins (NIOSH) — 00:01:25
– Graham Peaslee (University of Notre Dame) — 00:12:05
– Brian Grubb (IAFFL F88) — 00:27:03
– Krystle Mitchell (SA MFS) — 00:41:01
Chapter 5
– Kyle Bagenstose (Bucks County Courier Times) — 00:00:43
– Chris Higgins (Colorado School of Mines) — 00:13:55
– Pat Breysse (ATSDR) — video will be added shortly
– Maureen Sullivan (DoD) — video will be added shortly
– Mark Favors (FVCWC) — video will be added shortly

Day 2 – June 11th – videos & presentations
Speaker starting times for Day 2:
Chapter 1
– Phil Brown (Northeastern University) — 00:04:14
– Rebecca Altman (writer) — 00:09:55
– Ken Cook NEED SLIDES (EWG) — 00:30:43
– Genna Reed (Union of Concerned Scientists) — 00:48:10
– Laura Rabinow (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) — 01:04:45
– Panel Discussion — 01:22:00
– Detlef Knappe (NC State University) — 01:43:50
Chapter 2
– Detlef Knappe continued (NC State University) — 00:00:00
– Emily Donovan (Clean Cape Fear) — 00:05:00
– Amy Risen (North Carolina DEQ) — 00:23:50
– Laura Facciolo (Mamme No PFAS, Italy) — 00:41:45
– Panel Discussion — 01:02:10
Chapter 3
– Mae Wu (NRDC) — 00:00:00
– Sarah Doll (Safer States) — 00:13:20
– Gloria Post (New Jersey DEP) — 00:27:45
Chapter 4
– Andrea Amico (Testing for Pease) — 00:01:45
– Julie Brody (Silent Spring Institute) — 00:15:30
– Laura Anderko (Georgetown University) — 00:29:15
– Alan Ducatman (West Virginia University) — 00:45:35
– Panel Discussion — 01:05:20

Day 3 – June 12th – videos & presentations (coming soon)

Please email Melanie Smith with any questions: m.smith@northeastern.edu

This conference is supported by grant funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and is co-hosted by the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute – SSEHRI (Northeastern University, Boston, MA), Silent Spring Institute (Newton, MA), Testing for Pease (Portsmouth, NH), Toxics Action Center (Boston, MA), Sources, Transport, Exposure, & Effects of PFAS – STEEP (University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).