Using Analytical Chemistry to Achieve Environmental Justice Through Community-Engaged Studies
Thursday April 3, 2025 | 7:30pm – Young 113
Dr. Myron Lard will present research using analytical chemistry to achieve environmental justice through community-engaged studies. The negative impacts of industrial practices and accidents generally affect individuals who represent underserved communities. Through our research, we partnered with two impacted communities, the first in Colfax, LA. and the second in East Palestine, OH. to identify and study the byproducts generated and their subsequent dispersal throughout the communities.
This talk will discuss the use of analytical methods to study the toxicants generated from the open-burn waste treatment facility located in Colfax, and also those generated in East Palestine in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in February of 2023.