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DESCRIPTION:#PFAS Disposal Crisis Symposium:\nForever Chemicals & Impacted 
 Communities\n\nOrganizations: Cancer Free Economy Network w/ event partners 
 Sierra Club and\nCenter for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ)\n\nDates 
 and times:\nDay 1 - Mon, May 23, 2022, 11 AM - 3 PM PT\nDay 2 - Tue, May 
 24, 2022, 11 AM - 3 PM PT\n\nRegister here: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cfe-pfas-disposal-symposium-registration-323151082587\n\n\nPeople 
 living near landfills and incinerators 🏭 🤢 have been burdened with a 
 legacy of toxic waste. Equitable solutions to the #PFASdisposalCrisis 
 cannot shift this toxic pollution onto already overburdened 
 communities.\n\nPFAS have been described as “forever chemicals” because 
 they take decades, or longer, to break down. Although they have been linked 
 to cancer, reproductive health issues, and immune system damage, these 
 toxic chemicals are commonly dumped down wastewater drains, sent to 
 incinerators or landfills, with little thought to the long-term impacts of 
 these disposal options.\n\nAs we advance policy solutions regarding PFAS 
 reduction and cleanup, questions regarding equitable disposal of PFAS 
 become more urgent. We must #StopCancerBeforeItStarts, develop new 
 technologies that safely destroy #PFAS, and stop manufacturing and using 
 PFAS instead of shifting these hazards to current and historic sacrifice 
 zones.\n\nWith this convening, the Cancer Free Economy Network and our 
 event partners CHEJ and Sierra Club aim to highlight work on PFAS disposal 
 policy and solutions, connect work being done in silos to an overall 
 national strategy and bring together community members, organizers, 
 scientists, government officials and policy experts to discuss current and 
 proposed solutions and begin to form principles for equitable PFAS 
 disposal.\n\n_________________________________________________________________\n\nSUMMIT 
 AGENDA\n\nTranslations will be provided by CFE member Wind of the Spirit 
 Immigrant Resources Center\n\nMay 23rd (DAY ONE)\n\n● Keynote- Linda 
 Birnbaum, Scientist Emeritus, NIEHS and NTP\n\n● Panel 1 - Why Do We 
 Fight? PFAS Disposal Is Harming Our Communities\n\nPam Miller, Alaska 
 Community Action on Toxics\nTasha Stoiber, Environmental Working 
 Group\nJose Aguayo, Center for Health Environment and Justice\n\n● 
 BREAK\n\n● Panel 2 - How Do We Win? Successful Strategies for Organizing 
 for Equitable PFAS Disposal\n\nJane Williams - California Communities 
 Against Toxics\nJonathan Kalmuss-Katz - Earthjustice\nCheryl Sommer - 
 United Congregations Metro East\nSherry Costa Hanson - Community Activist 
 from Taunton, MA\n\n● Networking Session\n\n_________________\n\nMay 24th 
 (DAY TWO)\n\n● Panel 3 - Where Are We Moving? Safer Models for PFAS 
 Disposal\n\nDaniel Rosenberg - Natural Resources Defense Council\nSonya 
 Lunder - Sierra Club\nDoug Hatler- 374Water\n\n● BREAK\n\n● Facilitated 
 breakouts groups on discrete aspects of PFAS disposal issues\n\n● Final 
 Activity- Facilitated group conversation\n\n● 
 Closing\n_________________________________________________________________\n\nWHAT 
 ARE PFAS?\n\nIn 1946, DuPont introduced nonstick cookware coated with 
 Teflon. Today the family of fluorinated chemicals that sprang from Teflon 
 includes thousands of nonstick, stain-repellent and waterproof compounds 
 called PFAS, short for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances.\n\nPFAS 
 chemicals lurk in stain-resistant furniture and carpets treated with 
 Scotchgard, Stainmaster and other fabric treatments. Clothes labeled stain- 
 or water-repellent, such as Gore-Tex jackets, usually contain PFAS 
 chemicals. PFAS are even in personal care products and cosmetics.\n\nFor 
 decades, chemical companies covered up evidence of PFAS’ health hazards. 
 Today nearly all Americans, including newborn babies, have PFAS in their 
 blood, and more than 200 million people may be drinking PFAS-tainted water. 
 What began as a “miracle of modern chemistry” is now a national 
 crisis\n\n(https://www.ewg.org/what-are-pfas-chemicals)\n_________________________________________________________________\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/05/21/18849891.php
SUMMARY:#PFAS Disposal Crisis Symposium: Forever Chemicals & Impacted Communities (Day 2)
LOCATION:Online symposium
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/05/21/18849891.php
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