UN Day PFAS Program: GenX: The Saga of Forever Chemicals
Preview screening documentary film segments about the worst pollution crisis in world history
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Oct 28, 2024
from 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM |
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| Where | Lang House (115 S. Ewing Ave) or Zoom |
| Contact Name | Teena Halbig |
| Contact Phone | 502-267-6883 |
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In-person at the Lang House (115 S. Ewing Avenue) or on Zoom (ID: 844 0774 9272, Passcode: 357007)
The UofL Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences, UofL Center for Healthy Air, Water & Soil, and United Nations Association of the USA Kentucky Division, invite you to this special United Nations Day event. In addition to clips from the forthcoming documentary, GenX, speakers include:
- Special Guest: Rob Bilott, Attorney, Author
- Special Guest: Rotary District 6710 Governor Elect Dorsey Ridley
- Keynote by Elijah Yetter-Bowman, Founder & Filmmaker at Ethereal Films. Elijah is also an Affiliate Researcher, University NC School of Public Health, and a National Academies Awardee. Elijah began as a young scientist who read a headline revealing that their hometown in NC had been heavily polluted for more than 40 years. Digging deeper, it became clear that a much larger problem was at hand but there was a disconnect in public understanding. He realized his hometown was just a symptom of a systemic problem. He resolved to tell the world and is using filmmaking to tell the story about PFAS/Forever Chemicals linked to health effects. Also the story of community strength, love and hope.
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Clara Sears, PhD, UofL Assistant Professor of Medicine, speaking on “PFAS Impacts on Maternal and Child Health” - Frederick Adams Ekuban, PhD, UofL Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, speaking on “Impact of PFAS and Lifestyle Influences on Health Outcomes”
Snacks, tea sandwiches & refreshments provided. Limited seating, please RSVP to TeenaHal@aol.com. Additional sponsors include: The Rotary Club of Louisville, Floyds Fork Environmental Association, Kentucky Waterways Alliance, and League of Women Voters of Louisville.
