IISG co-hosts the 2019 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment conference

Posted June 4th, 2019 in Featured, Healthy Waters, News
A panel of speakers discuss environmental contaminants at the 2019 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference

The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) co-hosted the 2019 Emerging Contaminants Conference on May 21-22 in Champaign, Illinois. The fourth annual conference featured presentations on the latest in emerging contaminant research, policies and outreach strategies.

This year’s conference focused on a variety of pollutants in water, soil, and air ranging from pharmaceuticals, viruses, algal toxins and endocrine disruptors to pesticides, flame retardant chemicals, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and microplastics.

Read about conference highlights in Highlights from the 2019 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment conference by Laura L. Barnes. IISG’s Sarah Zack helped organize the conference with the Great Lakes Pollution Prevention team and staff from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.

 

IISG Instagram

🦞 Invasive Alert: Marbled Crayfish 🦞Natalia Szklaruk, coordinator of the Great Lakes Invasive Crayfish Collaborative, shares crucial insights in a new article by Great Lakes Now. Discover the origins of the marbled crayfish, its rapid spread, and ongoing efforts to combat its invasion at the #linkinbio.

Open
🦞 Invasive Alert: Marbled Crayfish 🦞Natalia Szklaruk, coordinator of the Great Lakes Invasive Crayfish Collaborative, shares crucial insights in a new article by Great Lakes Now. Discover the origins of the marbled crayfish, its rapid spread, and ongoing efforts to combat its invasion at the #linkinbio.

🦞 Invasive Alert: Marbled Crayfish 🦞Natalia Szklaruk, coordinator of the Great Lakes Invasive Crayfish Collaborative, shares crucial insights in a new article by Great Lakes Now. Discover the origins of the marbled crayfish, its rapid spread, and ongoing efforts to combat its invasion at the #linkinbio. ...

Skip to content