Environmental Factor Newsletter, August 2019

Pollution and pregnancy — social media Q and A

Internet users are invited to a Q and A session with experts on a Reddit Ask Me Anything thread.

Celia Chen, Ph.D. and Laurie Reynolds Rardin

New Hampshire arsenic rule builds on NIEHS-funded research

The new law lowers public drinking water levels to half the federal standard based on links to health effects at low exposures.

Kevin Lloyd, Hospital School, Durham, NC

NIEHS workshop energizes high school science teachers

The program combined lab work with in-depth discussion of environmental health issues, helping teachers find new ways to connect with students.

Calendar

Aug
05

Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory Trainees’ Action Committee Seminar Series presents “Whereabouts of Uracils in DNA”
Event Details

Location: Building 101, D350
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Ashok Bhagwat, Ph.D., from Wayne State University

Aug
12

NIEHS Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Enabling Research via Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR) and Open Data”
Event Details

Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Stephan Schurer, Ph.D., from the University of Miami

Aug
15

REDDIT AMA on Air Pollution and Pregnancy Health Outcomes
Event Details

Time: noon-2:00 p.m.

Aug
29-30

The Fidelity of DNA Replication: From Basic Mechanism to Disease
Event Details

Location: North Carolina Biotechnology Center
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