By Michaela Burns
Trick or treat! The latest EPA webinars are at your door.
Legionella Control in Large Building Water Systems
Tuesday, October 25th at 2:00 p.m. ET
Legionella bacteria can grow in water systems and make people sick. This month’s small systems webinar will focus on strategies to control legionella in large building water systems, including a toolkit designed to help people understand which buildings and devices need a Legionella water management program to reduce the risk for Legionnaires’ disease. César Cordero will present EPA’s recently released document, Technologies for Legionella Control in Premise Plumbing Systems: Scientific Literature Review. Dr. Jessica Smith will present CDC’s recently released toolkit, Developing a Water Management Program to Reduce Legionella Growth and Spread in Buildings: A Practical Guide to Implementing Industry Standards. Register now!
Integrated Risk Information System Public Science Meeting
Wednesday, October 26th at 9:00 a.m. ET
Water Reuse Grant Kick-off Meeting & Webinar
Wednesday, October 26th at 1:00 p.m. ET—Thursday, October 27th at 12:00 p.m. ET
Toolkit of Available EPA Green Infrastructure Modeling Software
Wednesday, October 26th at 2:00 p.m. ET
In this water research webinar, EPA Researchers will present the green infrastructure modeling toolkit that contains five green infrastructure models and tools. The models and tools included are the Green Infrastructure Wizard, Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool, the Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments Model, the Storm Water Management Model, and the National Stormwater Calculator. Register now to learn how to incorporate green infrastructure into your community.
Prioritizing Contaminants for Monitoring and Management
Wednesday, October 26th at 3:00 p.m. ET
An ever increasing range of chemical contaminants—including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides, perfluorinated compounds, flame retardants—are being detected in the environment. States are faced with the challenge of evaluating which of these contaminants may pose risks to human or ecosystem health in the absence of national guidelines or standards (e.g., ambient water quality criteria). EPA toxicologist Dan Villeneuve will provide an overview of research efforts to develop methods and tools that integrate chemical monitoring with pathway-based bioactivity measurements at the upcoming EPA Tools and Resources Webinar. Register now.
Evaluating the Zebrafish Embryo Toxicity Test for Pesticide Hazard Screening
Thursday, October 27th at 11:00 a.m. ET
Recently, fish embryo acute toxicity tests have been shown to offer many advantages including ease of use in high-throughput systems and transparency of embryos for detecting lethality or malformations. For this reason, fish embryo tests may one day replace the more resource-intensive juvenile fish tests in risk assessment. Yet, there is also evidence that fish embryos are less sensitive than juvenile fish for certain types of chemicals, including neurotoxicants. In this month’s Communities of Practice webinar, researchers will present their evaluation on the efficacy of using fish embryo tests for pesticide hazard assessment. Learn more!
Changing Chemistry Over Time
Monday, October 31st at 12:00 p.m. ET
For more events head on over to the EPA research event page.
About the Author: Michaela Burns is an Oak Ridge Associated Universities contractor and writer for the science communication team in EPA’s Office of Research and Development.
from The EPA Blog http://ift.tt/2ek5nHM
By Michaela Burns
Trick or treat! The latest EPA webinars are at your door.
Legionella Control in Large Building Water Systems
Tuesday, October 25th at 2:00 p.m. ET
Legionella bacteria can grow in water systems and make people sick. This month’s small systems webinar will focus on strategies to control legionella in large building water systems, including a toolkit designed to help people understand which buildings and devices need a Legionella water management program to reduce the risk for Legionnaires’ disease. César Cordero will present EPA’s recently released document, Technologies for Legionella Control in Premise Plumbing Systems: Scientific Literature Review. Dr. Jessica Smith will present CDC’s recently released toolkit, Developing a Water Management Program to Reduce Legionella Growth and Spread in Buildings: A Practical Guide to Implementing Industry Standards. Register now!
Integrated Risk Information System Public Science Meeting
Wednesday, October 26th at 9:00 a.m. ET
Water Reuse Grant Kick-off Meeting & Webinar
Wednesday, October 26th at 1:00 p.m. ET—Thursday, October 27th at 12:00 p.m. ET
Toolkit of Available EPA Green Infrastructure Modeling Software
Wednesday, October 26th at 2:00 p.m. ET
In this water research webinar, EPA Researchers will present the green infrastructure modeling toolkit that contains five green infrastructure models and tools. The models and tools included are the Green Infrastructure Wizard, Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool, the Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments Model, the Storm Water Management Model, and the National Stormwater Calculator. Register now to learn how to incorporate green infrastructure into your community.
Prioritizing Contaminants for Monitoring and Management
Wednesday, October 26th at 3:00 p.m. ET
An ever increasing range of chemical contaminants—including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides, perfluorinated compounds, flame retardants—are being detected in the environment. States are faced with the challenge of evaluating which of these contaminants may pose risks to human or ecosystem health in the absence of national guidelines or standards (e.g., ambient water quality criteria). EPA toxicologist Dan Villeneuve will provide an overview of research efforts to develop methods and tools that integrate chemical monitoring with pathway-based bioactivity measurements at the upcoming EPA Tools and Resources Webinar. Register now.
Evaluating the Zebrafish Embryo Toxicity Test for Pesticide Hazard Screening
Thursday, October 27th at 11:00 a.m. ET
Recently, fish embryo acute toxicity tests have been shown to offer many advantages including ease of use in high-throughput systems and transparency of embryos for detecting lethality or malformations. For this reason, fish embryo tests may one day replace the more resource-intensive juvenile fish tests in risk assessment. Yet, there is also evidence that fish embryos are less sensitive than juvenile fish for certain types of chemicals, including neurotoxicants. In this month’s Communities of Practice webinar, researchers will present their evaluation on the efficacy of using fish embryo tests for pesticide hazard assessment. Learn more!
Changing Chemistry Over Time
Monday, October 31st at 12:00 p.m. ET
For more events head on over to the EPA research event page.
About the Author: Michaela Burns is an Oak Ridge Associated Universities contractor and writer for the science communication team in EPA’s Office of Research and Development.
from The EPA Blog http://ift.tt/2ek5nHM
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