Dr. Li Li
School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, United States
Abstract: Please join us for an enlightening talk by Dr. Li Li from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he will shed light on the disturbing truth about persistent organic pollutants (POPs). These chemicals have been widely used in agriculture, industry, and consumer products, but have also been found to be “hazardous” to the environment and humans because of their resistance to biotic and abiotic degradation (persistence), enrichment in organisms along the food chain (bioaccumulation), adverse ecological and human health effects (toxicity), and potential for long-range environmental transport to reach remote regions such as the Arctic (long-range transport potential). In this talk, Dr. Li Li will for the first time unveil the shocking amount of POPs that have been historically produced in the world and released into the global environment, as well as how these releases have changed over time and across different regions. He will also discuss the integration of such tonnage information with “hazard” attributes (persistence, bioaccumulation, toxicity, and long-range transport potential) in the evaluation of potential environmental impacts of POPs, POP candidates, and emerging chemicals.
Host：Prof. Cheng Gu
Executive Editor
Nanjing University
Time：10:00am April 26, 2023 (Beijing time)
Zoom ID: 816 9975 7155
Bilibili: 25002335
