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Watch the replay: Prevention of PFAS Pollution and Monitoring of PFAS Environmental Releases

The OECD Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) webinar series brings world experts together to share vital information and best practices regarding PFASs. These free webinars are open to the general public. Video recordings of our PFASs webinars are made available online afterwards. Register for an upcoming webinar or watch the video recordings of our past webinars below.

 

 

On 12 October 2023, the OECD/UNEP Global PFC Group organised a webinar to share examples of approaches to measure PFAS environmental releases, as well as on the collection of information on toxic releases and the development of pollution prevention measures. 

Agenda:

  • Introduction by Eeva Leinala, Environment Directorate, OECD 
  • Nicolas Humez, Director of Public Affairs, SARP Industries
  • Caitlin S. Briere, US EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 

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Missed our past webinars? Watch the video recordings

December 2022

Presentations

October 2022

Presentation:

Martin Mulvihill, General Partner, Safer Made | Presentation

January 2022

Presentations:

Tala Henry and Jeffrey Dawson, US Environmental Protection Agency | Presentation
Valentina Bertato, DG Environment, European Commission | Presentation
Kei Ohno Woodall, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention | Presentation

 

September 2021

Presentation and report

June 2020

Presentations:

Introduction by Eeva Leinala, Principal Administrator, Environment Directorate, OECD
Nakayama, Centre for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan presented work on worldwide trends in tracing PFAS in the environment | Presentation
Chris Impellitteri, EPA’s Office of Research and Development, United States presented an update on EPA’s Analytical Methods for PFAS | Presentation
Stefan Posner, Independent researcher, presented work on the development of CEN and ISO test methods for the analysis of PFAS in textile and leather | Presentation.

February 2020

Presentation: 
Initiative to regulate PFASs at EU level and beyond

September 2019 

Presentation:
Joe Carlin and Jon Hammerschmidt from W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

May 2019 

Presentations:
Risk Reduction Initiatives for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances in the United States
Risk Management of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances in Canada.

January 2019

Presentation: 
Best Environmental Practices (BEP) for Class B Firefighting Foams

October 2018

Presentations:
Objectives, methodology and technical results of the MIDWOR project - Ruth Garcia-LEITAT
Environmental Impact - Julio Fierro-CETIM
Occupational Risk assessment - Gemma Janer-LEITAT
Project recommendations based on the outputs - Gemma Janer and Marc Torrentellé - LEITAT

September 2018

Presentation:
Best Environmental Practices (BEP) for Textiles - Kai-Volker Schubert

June 2018

Presentations:
OECD work on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) - Eeva Leinala - OECD
Toward a comprehensive global database of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Zhanyun Wang - ETH Zurich

May 2016

Presentation:
Overall trends of the replacements of Long-Chain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) - Zhanyun Wang - ETH Zurich