UBC TALKS webinar on 26 March 2024 tackled a complex issue of PFAS: hazardous and extremely persistent substances, which are an emerging concern for cities. The webinar presented solutions developed in the EMPEREST project aiming at reducing the amount of PFAS and other organic micropollutants in the water management cycle.
0:00 Welcome to UBC TALKS
5:09 PFAS: why should the cities address it, by Piia Leskinen, Turku University of Applied Sciences
30:29 EMPEREST solutions for cities, water utilities and international community, by Lotta Lehti, UBC Sustainable Cities Commission
47:10 PFAS risk assessment strategy for municipalities, by Kamila Gruškeviča, Riga Technical University
1:03:19 PFAS regional monitoring in the Baltic Sea region, by Markus Raudkivi, HELCOM – Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
1:23:52 PFAS in the action plan of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, by Louise Floman, EUSBSR PA Hazards & Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
This webinar edition was organised together with the EMPEREST project, supported by the Interreg BSR Programme. #EMPEREST is led by the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission.
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