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The collaboration

Many regional/basin management programs (e.g., National Estuary Program) are actively working to address the presence and impacts of toxic contaminants in the environment. Work includes:

  • Monitoring | to understand the presence and sources of different contaminants in the environment
  • Research | to understand the effects of contaminant exposures on humans and wildlife, and the effectiveness of different mitigation/clean up methods
  • Management | to reduce the amount of contamination in the environment

We are excited to convene groups of scientists, researchers, and managers who are actively involved in the work to share practical information, best practices, and lessons learned. This will help us all be more effective at reducing the effects of contaminants and, importantly, improve our ability to respond to future problematic compounds in the environment.

Our initial focus will be on PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) since they are an active issue in many regional management areas, we have built a breadth of experience and knowledge on their fate, transport, occurrence, and impacts, and clean up and management strategies have been developed.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you want to learn more or get involved!

Previous PCB symposiums