EBC’s 4th Annual PFAS Seminar provides the opportunity to gather in person again to take a deeper dive into the science and policy-making that are developing at a breakneck pace around PFAS. PFAS (commonly dubbed as “forever chemicals”) are now a common topic in discussions of drinking water, with the development of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, and possibly maximum contaminant levels (MCLs), underway. The next frontier includes regulations, including regulatory limits, and guidance for PFAS in consumer products, industrial processes, and environmental media, including air, discharge waters, surface water, sediments, and biosolids.
This year’s Seminar will include morning and afternoon sessions with various in-person opportunities for networking and questions. The goal of the morning session will be to set the stage for understanding current science on PFAS, to tee up an afternoon session focused on the future of PFAS regulation. The morning session will focus on understanding of the presence of PFAS across New England in the anthropogenic background environment, air emissions, and products that are still being used every day in our world. A forensic case study will highlight how these different uses lead to complex signatures in environmental media. The afternoon session will include a dynamic panel of state regulators, who will provide updates on PFAS assessments and regulations in their states. This panel has been active and engaging in our past Seminars, allowing for the audience to ask questions about existing and planned regulations.
General Continuing Education Certificates are awarded by the EBC for this program (5.5 training contact hours). Certificates are automatically provided via email link for registered attendees at the conclusion of the program.
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