Consv Webinar Series: "Zero Waste", Micro-Plastics, Educated Consumers
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Thu, Nov 14, 2024; 12:00 PM
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11/14/2024 12:00 PM
11/14/2024 1:00 PM
America/New_York
Consv Webinar Series: "Zero Waste", Micro-Plastics, Educated Consumers
What the term Zero Waste means; The impact that micro and nano plastics are having in veins, neurons and even genes.; Smart choices we can make to avoid plastic packaging. Part of the SC/PA Conservation Team Fall 2024 Webinar Series:.
Webinar URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7825257851 Or by phone: 929 436 2866 Meeting ID: 782 525 7851
James Wylie
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Organized By: Pennsylvania Chapter
Location: Virtual
Event Organizers:
James Wylie
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(484) 753-3581
A three part presentation and discussion of all:
- What is meant by the term "Zero Waste"? In municipal policy, in Sierra Club, in our homes.
- Micro and especially nano-plastics disturb various tissues in the body including neurons and even genes, and physiological stress responses in the body. Cognition and behavior of organisms are being changed. Updated methods to measure nanoplastics show that they transport chemicals and pathogens, and that fetuses and children are at particular risk. Economic costs of plastics and their chemicals are rising. We will end by considering some ways to protect ourselves and our children in our daily lives. We will review bills in the PA General Assembly that would regulate plastics and their associated chemicals..
- What smart choices can we make to avoid plastic packaging?
Speakers - all Zero Waste Team members:
- Karen Melton (meaning of Zero Waste) - waste and wildlife activist
- Carol Armstrong (Micro-plastics) - neuroscientist and neuropsychologist
- Corinne Dieterle (plastic-free consumer) - artist
This webinar is hosted by the PA Chapter Zero Waste Team and is part of the
Fall 2024 Conservation Team Webinar Series