Rebecca Klaper
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Sound science, personal choice
People who have worked with me long enough have heard me say “There’s perfect, and there’s done,” usually followed by “and I want ‘done.’” If they could read my internal voice, they’d also know that another of my mantras is “it’s never as simple as you think it’s going to be.” Both of these “isms” apply to the work of a group of scientists that met at Wingspread earlier this week.
Seventeen leading experts, from universities, manufacturing, and government, each of whom studies some aspect of the new chemicals being introduced into our environment, met for four days to develop a research framework that will address contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in a comprehensive, integrated way, and to coordinate research plans, engage the scientific community, and move toward real solutions to this problem.
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