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.

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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.

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Calendar

Aug
05

Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory Trainees’ Action Committee Seminar Series presents “Whereabouts of Uracils in DNA”
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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”
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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
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Time: noon – 2:00 p.m.

Aug
29-30

The Fidelity of DNA Replication: From Basic Mechanism to Disease
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Location: North Carolina Biotechnology Center
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