Our executive director, Dr. Charlie Rolsky, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Trash Free Waters Program is hosting a webinar on micro- and nanoplastics in human health as part of the Trash Free Waters webinar series. The webinar is tentatively scheduled for November 30, 2023 from 12:00p.m-1:30pm ET. The agenda will include several speakers followed by […]
Dr. Charlie Rolsky, Executive Director & Senior Research Scientist at the Shaw Institute, will be presenting at the prestigious ACS Spring 2024. The conference runs March 17 - 21, in New Orleans, and Dr. Rolsky's talk will take place Thursday, March 21, 2024 from 9:20 AM - 9:40 AM ET. TOPIC: Characterizing Human Exposure to […]
Microplastics are plastics less than 5mm in size (just under 3/16"). They are found globally: in oceans and rivers, in the soil, in the food we eat, and in the air we breathe. Join us at Herring Gut to hear about microplastic research happening right here in Maine at The Shaw Institute! The Institute's Executive […]