Emerging Contaminants in the Ambient Environment: Perspectives to Guide North Carolina’s PFAS Testing Network

September 28, 2018 | Duke University 

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Presentations

Emerging Contaminant Monitoring in Swiss Surface Waters
Dr. Matthias Ruff, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Occurance and Human Health Risk Assessment of PFAS in New Jersey’s Environment
Dr. Gloria Post, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Investigations of Per- and Polyfluorinated Compounds in Environmental Samples
Dr. Mark Strynar, US EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory

Afternoon Welcome
Dr. Jason Surratt, UNC Chapel Hill

Study Context and Policy Landscape
Dr. Jeff Warren, NC Policy Collaboratory

Introduction to the PFAS Study
Dr. Jason Surratt, UNC Chapel Hill

PFAS Testing: Water
Dr. Detlef Knappe (NCSU) & Dr. Lee Ferguson (Duke)

PFAS Testing: Air
Dr. Ralph Mead (UNCW) & Dr. Barbara Turpin (UNC)

PFAS Removal Performance Testing
Dr. Mei Sun (UNCC) & Dr. Orlando Coronell (UNC)

PFAS Private Well Risk Assessment
Dr. Jacqueline MacDonald-Gibson (UNC) & Dr. David Genereux (NCSU)

New PFAS Research Opportunities
Dr. Jamie DeWitt (ECU) & Dr. Jackie Bangma (UNC)

This event was co-sponsored by the Duke University Superfund Research Center, the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility, the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, and the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory.