Event Details
Date & Time
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Department
School of Law
Location
Barbieri Courtroom
About This Event
Come hear from a panel of experts about recent controversies directly effecting our community. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are used to make coatings and products resistant to oil and water, or to reduce friction. They have many industrial applications and are used to make certain types of firefighting foams. In recent years, PFAS contamination above Environmental Protection Agency’s health advisory level has been found in drinking water wells in Airway Heights, North Whidbey Island, Issaquah, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (near Tacoma, Washington), and at hundreds of other military bases where firefighting foams were used. Chemicals in the foam have reportedly seeped into water in and around those bases.
Panel:
• Arthur Wendel, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• Kevin Anderson, City of Airway Heights
• Carina Wells, Toxic-Free Future
• Kara Steward, WA State Department of Ecology
• Dorothy Tibbets, WA State Department of Health
This event is co-hosted by the Spokane Riverkeeper and the Environmental Law & Land Use Clinic at Gonzaga Law.
For more information please contact Lee First, Spokane Riverkeeper or Rick Eichstaedt, Gonzaga Law.