TEDx Talk: Water Quality and Future Generations
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Academic
Which chemical are in our water? Which do we regulate? Are some of them transgenerational?
Dr. Deborah L. Swackhamer is Professor in Science, Technology, and Public Policy in the Hubert H, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and Co-Director of the University's Water Resources Center. She also is Professor in Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health, and is trained as an environmental chemist. She joined the Minnesota faculty in 1987. She studies the processes affecting the behavior of, and exposures to, toxic chemicals in the environment and works on policies to address these potential risks. When not in the classroom or lab, she serves as Chair of the Science Advisory Board of the US EPA and several NAS/NRC committees. In 2009 she received the prestigious Founders Award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry for lifetime achievement in environmental sciences.
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Taxonomy
- Standards & Quality
- Biological & Chemical Quality
- Water Quality
- Hydrodynamics & Water Quality
- Freshwater
- Water Quality Management
- Groundwater Quality & Quantity
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Chemicals
- Water Quality Research
3 Comments
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Great presentation Dr. Swackhamer, we should follow your steps insisting on this topic, crucial to humanity. It will be a bumpy road because of interests, but we have no alternative!!
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Service to humanity. Dr. Deborah Pl. keep on yr efforts.