Public Forum: Environmental Impacts of the ITC Fire

When:
November 4, 2019 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
2019-11-04T18:30:00-06:00
2019-11-04T20:00:00-06:00
Where:
Bay Area Community Center
5002 E NASA Pkwy
Seabrook, TX 77586
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Galveston Bay Foundation
(281) 332-3381

Environmental Impacts of ITC Fire:
What Galveston Bay Foundation Has Found

Galveston Bay Foundation has partnered with Texas A&M’s Superfund Research Center to collect and analyze water samples around the ITC incident for PFAs, a group of chemical compounds frequently found in industrial product and firefighting foam. Join us for a presentation by Galveston Bay Foundation and Texas A&M Researchers to share our monitoring efforts and subsequent findings related to the ITC Chemical Fire.

Presenters include:
Weihsueh Chiu Ph.D, Professor, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Texas A&M SRP Principle Investigator for Decision Science, Research Translation Cores.
Garret Sansom, DrPh, Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M Environmental and Occupation Health, and Texas A&M Superfund Research Center Co-Investigator for Community Engagement Core.

Please RSVP at
http://support.galvbay.org/site/Calendar?id=100421&view=Detail