Hearing DetailsPFAS Interagency Task Force

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

Virtual Hearing

Event Description

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Second meeting of the PFAS Interagency Task Force to discuss "What PFAS chemicals are and where they are found" Including presentations by the American Chemistry Council, Professor Alicia Timme-Laragy (UMass Amherst), and Professor Elsie Sunderland (Harvard).

The PFAS Interagency Task Force will hold its second meeting to review and investigate water and ground contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances across the commonwealth on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The purpose of this hearing is to define PFAS chemicals using their chemical composition, identify the origins and pathways of exposure to PFAS chemicals, and consider their presence in the environment.

These topics will be covered by Robert J. Simon, Vice President of Chemical Products and Technology Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), Professor Alicia Timme-Laragy, Ph.D, Associate Professor with the Department of Environmental Health Science and School of Public Health and Health Sciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Professor Elsie Sunderland, Ph.D, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health.

Written comments will be accepted by email.

This Task Force meeting will be held virtually and livestreamed for the public via www.malegislature.gov.

With questions, please contact Griffin Tighe (griffin.tighe@mahouse.gov) in Chair Hogan’s office or Jeffrey Soares (jeffrey.soares@masenate.gov) in Chair Cyr’s office.

With press inquiries, please contact Alison Kenney (alison.kenney@mahouse.gov) in Chair Hogan’s office, or Frank Schulze (frank.schulze@masenate.gov) in Chair Cyr’s office.

Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
PFAS Interagency Task Force - 06-15-2021	6/15/2021 10:00 AM	01:55:36

Hearing DetailsPFAS Interagency Task Force

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