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The NWTCC has hosted webinars on various topics and they are available below and on the UW SRP Vimeo site for viewing.

Volatile PCBs: Sources, Spread, and Health Effects by Dr. David Carpenter, University of Albany

Most people think that exposure to PCBs comes from eating contaminated fish and other animal fats. That is true. But PCBs are semi-volatile compounds and they vaporize into the air as well. When that happens one can be exposed simply by breathing. PCBs are a mixture of chemicals with varying numbers of chlorines around biphenyl rings. Those PCBs that tend to be in foods on average are highly chlorinated and very persistent. Those PCBs with fewer chlorines are more volatile and less persistent in the human body. But we breath 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and, even if these lower chlorinated PCBs don’t stay in the body as long, people may be constantly exposed and the PCBs may do great damage. This webinar focuses on sources of volatile PCBs, how they spread from their sources, and what specific adverse health effects have been found to occur in humans after inhalation of PCBs.

Volatile PCBs: Sources, Spread and Health Effects from

David Carpenter from UW-SRP on Vimeo.

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Detection, Evaluation and Remediation by Dr. Diana Rohlman, Oregon State University 

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are compounds released from burning wood, fossil fuels, trash and tobacco known to cause cancer in humans. In this talk, Dr. Diana Rohlman highlights the research technologies used by the Oregon State University Superfund Research Program to detect (PAHs) in the environment, assess their toxicity, and evaluate PAH remediation techniques. Specifically, passive sampling technology and the embryonic zebrafish model will be discussed.

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Detection, Evaluation and Remediation from UW-SRP on Vimeo.

Grassroots Organizing & Campaign Planning by Karlee Deatherage, Policy Analyst for the Clean Water Program at RE Sources for Sustainable Communities.

This webinar covers what happens before a campaign launch and will focuses on the basic elements of campaign planning using a model that helped the Whatcom County community defeat North America’s largest coal export terminal at Cherry Point. The speaker covers how to identify goals and strategies for making measurable change on environmental issues, how to identify key targets and audiences with the power to actually make the world better, and discusses the development of objectives that help us reach those targets and audiences. In addition, the strategy workshop will seeks to illuminate why some campaigns see success fairly quickly and effectively while others drag on or ultimately fail.

NWTCC webinar “Grassroots Organizing & Campaign Planning” from UW-SRP on Vimeo.

How do Our Superfund Waste Site Cleanup Compare?, by Dr. Peter L. deFur, President of Environmental Stewardship Concepts

Dr. Peter L. deFur, President of Environmental Stewardship Concepts, based in Henrico VA. gave a presentation comparing cleanup sites on which he is working in USEPA Region 10 — Rayonier-Port Angeles Harbor, Seattle Duwamish River, and Portland Harbor. Dr.deFur covered the contaminants at each site, compare cleanup options and plans for each site, covered alternative cleanup methods available to be used on particular contaminants, and compared agency support of the citizen groups at the different sites. These cleanups are overseen by the WA State Department of Ecology and/or the USEPA. In WA State, these cleanups are part of the Puget Sound Partnership Cleanup Initiative.

HOW DO OUR HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE CLEANUPS COMPARE? from UW-SRP on Vimeo.

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