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Freshwater Colloquium – Fate of Plastics in the Environment: From Legacy Pollutants to Emergent Materials

School of Freshwater Sciences Ballroom, First Floor 600 E Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee

Plastics are a pervasive part of everyday life and a central challenge in the environment. Environmental stresses such as sunlight, temperature fluctuations, wet/dry cycling or microbial forces affect the longevity or degradation of plastics. Assessing the fate of plastics under …

Freshwater Colloquium – Tracking and Modeling Pathogens in Water Systems: From Watersheds to Wastewater Treatment

School of Freshwater Sciences Ballroom, First Floor 600 E Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee

Tracking and predictive modeling of pathogens in aquatic systems can be used to assess recreational water quality, inform public health decisions through wastewater surveillance, and identify problematic conditions in wastewater treatment plants that may lead to effluent discharge challenges. This …

Freshwater Colloquium – Sources, Fate, and Effects of PFAS Mixtures in Great Lakes Ecosystems and Native Fishes

School of Freshwater Sciences Ballroom, First Floor 600 E Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee

Environmental contamination of PFAS is one of the greatest challenges facing freshwater ecosystems today due to widespread accumulation and a high degree of uncertainty regarding ecological risk and health hazards. PFAS are a large class of man-made chemicals used in …