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Date:
April 11, 2023
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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(617) 730-2336
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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals (webinar)

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Virtual event discussing the facts about PFAS moderated by Louise Bowditch with guest speakers: Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Sigalle Reiss, Alisa G. Jonas.

PFASPFAS: The Forever Chemicals (webinar)

Sponsored by Brookline Mothers Out Front and Brookline Department of Public Health & Human Services 

Co-sponsors: Brookline Rotary and Friends of Brookline Public Health

APRIL 11, 2023 AT 7:00 PM VIA ZOOM 


  • PFAS are a group of extremely persistent human-made chemicals  found in water, soil, and humans.
  • Exposure to PFAS has been linked to serious health problems.

Join the discussion featuring:

Heiger BernaysWENDY HEIGER-BERNAYS, PH.D

Dr. Heiger-Bernays is a clinical professor in the Department of Environmental Health at Boston University's School of Public Health. She currently serves as a member of the MA Science Advisory Board for the Toxics Use Reduction Institute and the USEPA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals.

SIGALLE REISS, Director of Brookline Public Health & Human Services

ALISA G. JONAS, Moderator's Committee on PFAS

Moderated by: LOUISE BOWDITCH, Mothers Out Front

Logo. 3 figures raise arms. Text reads: An Initiative of the American Public Health Association.


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