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(Webinar) Chemical contaminants in Lake Superior

Posted: March 24, 2023

Hosted by the Lake Superior Partnership Working Group, co-led by Environment and Climate Change Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Do you want to learn more about chemical contaminants in Lake Superior? If so, mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) and join us for a one-hour public webinar, Chemical contaminants in Lake Superior as part of our Let’s Talk Lake Superior webinar series!

We’ll provide a comprehensive overview on chemical contaminants in Lake Superior and how these contaminants can be transferred into fish tissue. Find out what you should know about PFAS, the “forever chemicals” and their presence in our waters and the ecosystem. We will also hear about a project led by Lakehead Region Conservation Authority that works with First Nations and communities in Thunder Bay, Ontario to provide information on contaminant levels in fish.

Guest speakers include Tana McDaniel (ECCC), Summer Streets (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) and Michelle Willows (Lakehead Region Conservation Authority).

This webinar is free, open to the public and suitable for anyone who is passionate about the Great Lakes!

Registration is now closed.

For questions, contact james.d.luke@usace.army.mil  or carol.kim@ec.gc.ca.

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