GenTech Scientific is pleased to sponsor the 3rd Annual Symposium of the MSU Center for PFAS Research. Held at the Lansing Center in Lansing, Michigan, October 6-9, 2024, the 2024 symposium is titled, “PFAS Challenges and Solutions in the Great Lakes Basin: A Model for Freshwater Ecosystems.” The event offers researchers the opportunity to share information, discuss discoveries and challenges, learn new technologies and strategize ways to manage PFAS contamination.
Registration Information
Registration is $400 per person and includes all sessions, meals, receptions, breaks and program materials. Register online until midnight on September 15th. Visit the Symposium web page for more information.
PFAS contamination in the environment has been a subject of concern and research since at least the early 2000s, when methods of testing and identification became more widely known and available. Today, nearly 15,000 synthetic chemicals comprise the group known as PFAS[1], about 600 are currently in use, but only a small percentage of these have been extensively studied. Laboratories like the Aga Laboratory for Environmental Research and Testing and MSU’s Center for PFAS Research are doing the important work of detecting, quantifying, and monitoring contaminants in the environment, including PFAS and identifying remediation strategies.
Safe Drinking Water Act
In April 2024, the EPA announced the final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six PFAS. The EPA “expects that over many years the final rule will prevent PFAS exposure in drinking water for approximately 100 million people, prevent thousands of deaths, and reduce tens of thousands of serious PFAS-attributable illnesses.”[2]
[1] According to the CompTox database maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
[2] Safe Drinking Water Act. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), Final PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation.More Resources
- Real-time Science: PFAS Compounds (MSU Center for Research on Ingredient Safety)
- Webinar: General Overview of Final PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
- Webinar: Technical Overview of Final PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
- Small Drinking Water Systems Webinar Series on Final PFAS NPDWR and PFAS Drinking Water Treatment
- Researchers team up with tribe, community to fight PFAS with plants #nanoparticles #hemp
- Thermo TSQ Endura LC/MS For PFAS Analysis Screening
- TECH TIP: PFAS Testing
- TECH TIP: PFAS Analysis
- TECH TIP: Instruments for PFAS Analysis
- History and Use of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) found in the Environment
- 6 Things for Local Leaders to Know About EPA’s New PFAS Drinking Water Regulations
- Understanding the Final PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation Hazard Index Maximum Contaminant Level
