Skip to main content

Great Lakes United Issue Briefings

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm

 

A Service for Great Lakes United Members and the public!

Great Lakes United is pleased to announce a series of webinars about issues important to the Great Lakes region. This is a service to our members and to the public, and we hope you will attend. Click on the upcoming topics below for more information about each (content about future briefings will be updated as the dates approach).  

Next Issue Briefing: January 10, 2012 at 12:00pm EST

Health Implications of Fracking for Natural Gas in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin

 

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED

Anyone interested in the topic should check back after the event for a recorded version of the briefing that will be available for download on this webpage. 

Important Notice:

Due to a high demand for this issue briefing, the session has been extended by 30 minutes and will now run from 12:00pm EST to 1:30pm EST on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Any participants that would prefer to leave the call at the originally announced time of 1:00pm are certainly welcome to—the extension in time is to accomodate any extra questions that arise from the high number of participants. 

 
The U.S. EPA recently concluded that chemicals used in fracking for natural gas in Wyoming have been found in water supplies in the area at concentrations well above the Safe Drinking Water standard. Proposals to use fracking processes to obtain natural gas are rampant through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin. These operations pose a major threat to the health of all life in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin.
 
Research by The Endocrine Disruption Exchange on the 353 chemicals used in various fracking processes found that 40-50% of these substances could affect the brain/nervous system, immune and cardiovascular systems, and the kidneys; 37% could affect the endocrine system; and 25% could cause cancer and mutations.
 
In this issue briefing, you will be informed of the health implications of fracking and updated on the status of fracking in each province and state in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin.
 
Presenters:
Dr Theo Colborn of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange
 
Kim Cornelissen of Association québécoise de lutte contre la pollution atmosphérique 
 
John Jackson of Great Lakes United.

This session will be a conference call presentation with a visual component (a .pdf file that will be emailed to participants) and an interactive Q&A with the experts. Registration for this event is now closed, but anyone wishing to hear a recording of the presentations may check back on this webpage after the conference, where an audio file will be available for download. 

We look forward to an engaging presentation and discussion with all participants!

There are more webinars on the horizon! Look for these topics in the coming months:

Sea Lamprey Controls - Presented by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (February 2012)

Webinars will generally run on the first Tuesday of the month at 12:00pm Eastern. Bring your lunch and engage in discussions with experts from around the lakes on whichever topic interests you!

Past Webinars

The Future of Mining on the Great Lakes (Co-hosted with Northwatch)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 12:00pm eastern
Experts Brennain Lloyd of Northwatch and Mike Ripley of Chippewa/Ottawa Resource Authority delivered an informative issue briefing on the mining landscape focusing on Lake Superior.

 
 
 
 
 
http://www.glu.org/en/issuebriefings
Premium Drupal Themes by Adaptivethemes