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SUMMARY:Toxic 'Forever' Chemicals & Agriculture: Protecting Soil\, Water\, and Livelihoods
DESCRIPTION:PART II: POLICYMAKING TO SAFEGUARD HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT FROM PFAS IN BIOSOLIDS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) for the second installment in our three-part webinar series: Toxic ‘Forever’ Chemicals & Agriculture: Protecting Soil\, Water\, and Livelihoods. This series explores the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on our environment and rural communities. Part II of this series\, Policymaking to Safeguard Human Health and Environment from PFAS in Biosolids\, will examine how stakeholders and lawmakers devise\, enact\, and implement policy strategies to address this complicated and urgent threat that PFAS in land-applied biosolids poses to human health\, farm businesses\, the agricultural economy\, and environment. Our distinguished panel of experts will share their insights from learning about this issue from experts and constituents\, engaging diverse stakeholders to identify solutions\, and how policies have met both success and set-back. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMeet our panelists: \n\n\n\nMaryland State Senator Sara N. Love\, Esq. Chesapeake Bay Commission\, Chair  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMaine State Representative Bill Pluecker Maine House Agriculture\, Conservation and Forestry Committee\, Chair Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association\, Public Policy Organizer Begin Again Farm\, Owner/Operator  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nEmily Liss American Farmland Trust\, Farm Viability Policy Manager PFAS and Agriculture Policy Workgroup\, Coordinator \n\n\n\nWednesday\, December 176 p.m. – 7 p.m. \n\n\n\nFREE Zoom Webinar \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://potomacriverkeepernetwork.org/event/toxic-forever-chemicals-agriculture-protecting-soil-water-and-livelihoods/
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