Because of their societal impact, arsenic and mercury have been highlighted in a number of recent newspaper and magazine articles about the mass arsenic poisoning of humans in Bangladesh and other parts of southeast Asia, and the potential dangers of consuming fish containing methylmercury from San Francisco Bay and drinking water from reservoirs in the Bay Area.
This one-day workshop will provide science journalists with background knowledge to better understand nano-to-macro scale processes that govern the fate and effect of important environmental contaminants.
When:
Friday, October 24, 2008, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Where:
Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Bldg
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
Cost:
Free. This workshop is funded by an NSF grant through the Stanford EMSI. $160 hotel stipend available for out of town participants.
To Apply and for more information go to: emsi.stanford.edu/journalist.html
Breakfast and lunch included.
Questions:
Contact Jennifer Saltzman