ACAT News & Updates
More Harm than Good: New Science, Legal Actions, and Policy on Oil Spill Dispersants
CHE-Alaska Teleconference: April 29th, 2020
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico caused the largest marine oil spill in history. Nearly 2 million gallons of chemical dispersants were deployed in the Gulf in an attempt to dissipate the spill. Following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, approximately 45,000 gallons of chemical dispersants were sprayed into the coastal and marine environment.
The Role of Mycoremediation in Alaska: Applications and limitations of mushroom-based bioremediation in cool climates
CHE-Alaska Teleconference: Recorded on March 25, 2020
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There is a growing body of evidence supporting the application of mycoremediation in cool climates. Specialists at Sustainable Earth Research, Far North Fungi, and Paxaro Solutions (The Fungi Alliance) have completed pilot studies at petroleum contaminated sites with promising results. These researchers are also investigating in-situ remediation methodologies for environmentally
Holding Corporations Accountable for Contamination: The Role of Litigation, Regulation, and Research to Address the PFAS Problem
CHE-Alaska Teleconference: Recorded Wednesday, February 26, 2020
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About the call: A growing body of evidence indicates per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are widespread and long-lived in our environment, common in people’s bodies, and harmful to our health. This class of “forever chemicals” has few regulations, and those that do exist permit far greater levels of PFAS exposure than current research findings deem safe. In