{"id":85747,"date":"2023-04-27T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=85747"},"modified":"2023-04-27T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:00:47","slug":"protecting-the-protectors-uri-to-host-film-screening-and-discussion-on-impact-of-pfas-in-firefighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/protecting-the-protectors-uri-to-host-film-screening-and-discussion-on-impact-of-pfas-in-firefighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting the protectors: 溏心vlog免费B站 to host film screening and discussion on impact of PFAS in firefighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 27, 2023 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 is providing a forum for a true story that illustrates the impact of PFAS in a personal way, with the film screening of Burned<\/em><\/a>, the story of how the spouse of a firefighter revealed significant exposure to forever chemicals affecting the firefighting community nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film drives home the prevalence of PFAS because it tells the story of a local community \u2013 Fall River \u2013 and an unexpected source of exposure to the chemicals in firefighter turnout gear with high levels of PFAS not disclosed on labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 30-minute film will be hosted by 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Superfund Research Program, STEEP<\/a> (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFAS) on Thursday, May 4, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Room 170 of the College of Pharmacy\u2019s Avedisian Hall, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Rainer Lohmann and Angela Slitt will lead a panel discussion after the screening of Burned. Members of 溏心vlog免费B站 STEEP Superfund Research Center say that awareness is critical to avert human and environmental health impacts from PFAS exposure. (photo by Michael Salerno)\n\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 溏心vlog免费B站 community and the public are invited to attend the screening and panel discussion featuring Jason Burns, Fall River firefighter and executive director of the Last Call Foundation, with Rainer Lohmann<\/a>, Ph.D., director of STEEP at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography, and Angela Slitt<\/a>, Ph.D., STEEP researcher and project lead, from the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have been joined in their efforts to share information about PFAS, or \u201cforever chemicals,\u201d by STEEP stakeholder and advocate Diane Cotter, who has worked for many years to expose the existence of these harmful chemicals in firefighter turnout gear. Cotter is the wife of the firefighter featured in the film and has participated in STEEP public lectures and events. She first became alert to the existence \u2014 and impact \u2014 of PFAS after her husband\u2019s cancer diagnosis and witnessing the rate of illness of young firefighters in the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary premiered earlier this year and is a collaboration between Ethereal Films, the Last Call Foundation, and Footpath Pictures. It was produced by actor Mark Ruffalo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

溏心vlog免费B站 STEEP Superfund Research Center, employs research, applied science, student education and training, and outreach approaches to build community capacity for responding to PFAS pollution. PFAS, a large and decades-old family of chemicals, infiltrate many human and natural environments, such as the chemicals that coat pizza boxes and microwave popcorn bags, nonstick cookware, and waterproof clothing. These heavily used chemicals have also leached into water, from marine habitats to drinking water resources. 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s STEEP is committed to ensuring that sound science informs public dialogue on the issue and is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences through a multi-project center grant awarded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences\u2019 Superfund Research Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lohmann, a chemical oceanographer and STEEP lead researcher, says, \u201cWe know that the aqueous foam used in firefighting gear can sicken people who work with it, and also contaminate groundwater where the foam is used often, like airports or fire training sites. Now we’re learning that firefighters are likely up against another PFAS challenge \u2014 the turnout gear that’s actually supposed to protect them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEEP team members say that awareness is critical to avert human and environmental health impacts from PFAS exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPFAS have been proven to be tied to broad and serious health issues, from increased cancer risk to hypothyroidism to dyslipidemia to decreased response to vaccination,\u201d says toxicologist and STEEP co-lead researcher Slitt of the University\u2019s College of Pharmacy. \u201cIf we can identify and understand PFAS risk from occupational exposure, we can determine whether their chemical exposure has also impacted their health and risk for disease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit here<\/a> to register for the film. The presentation is free and open to the public and firehouses are particularly encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s STEEP Project or the screening of Burned<\/em>, please visit https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/<\/a> or contact Jaclyn Witterschein, jwitterschein@uri.edu, 401-874-6886.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 27, 2023 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 is providing a forum for a true story that illustrates the impact of PFAS in a personal way, with the film screening of Burned, the story of how the spouse of a firefighter revealed significant exposure to forever chemicals affecting the firefighting community […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":85748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85747"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85754,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85747\/revisions\/85754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}