Dr. Philip Landrigan explains how microplastic exposures are harming human health and Dr. Judith Weis will shed light on how microplastics affect aquatic ecosystems. Together, they’ll offer a comprehensive look at microplastics and discuss actionable solutions around single-use plastics.
Dr. Landrigan, MD, MSc, is a pediatrician, occupational physician and epidemiologist. He directs the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good and the Global Observatory on Planetary Health at Boston College. Dr. Landrigan is a graduate of Boston College, and Harvard Medical School. He trained in Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital, in Epidemiology at CDC, and in Occupational Medicine at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Dr. Landrigan co-chaired the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, which found that pollution is responsible for over 9 million deaths per year. He currently leads the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health, which finds that plastics and petrochemicals are responsible for disease and death at every stage of their life cycle.
Dr. Weis is Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, Newark. Her research focuses mostly on estuarine ecology and ecotoxicology, and she has published over 300 refereed scientific papers, several technical books, as well books for the general public on salt marshes fish, crabs, and marine pollution. Much of her research has been in estuaries in the NY/NJ area, but she has also done research in Indonesia and Madagascar. She serves on the editorial board for BioScience. She was a AAAS Science Policy Fellow with the U.S Senate, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Indonesia. She has been on advisory committees for US EPA, NOAA, and the National Research Council, chaired the Science Advisory Board of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. She is an active member of the Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty.
The webinar is moderated by Clint Richmond, Conservation Chair for the Massachusetts Chapter and a core member of the Sierra Club Single-Use Plastic Plus team.
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