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November 29—Session 3: 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Eastern (EST)

Featuring Chip Osbourne, Avery Kamilla, and Ben Gratton.

Resource links to follow in the coming days.

Click HERE to access their bios! 

October 24—Session 2: 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern (EDT)

Featuring Marcos Orellana, PhD and Jayson Maurice Porter, PhD.

Marcos Orellana, PhD.

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights
American University Washington College of Law

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• Press Release: Exposure to toxic substances a form of environmental violence against indigenous peoples—UN expert
  
• Press Release: Australia: Deep divide between Government and community narratives on toxics fuels anger and distrust, says UN expert
• Press Release: South Africa must tackle the crude legacy of environmental racism and toxic exposure—UN expert
• Panel Discussion on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights—14th regular session of the Human Rights Council—Information Note and Statement by the Special Rapporteur

Jayson Maurice Porter, PhD.

Voss Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
University of Maryland, College Park

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• Daily News: Highlighting the Connection Environmental Racism and the Agricultural Industry Through History
• Cotton, Whiteness, and Other Poisons
• Arsenic in North America: A Most Persistent Pesticide
• Agrochemicals, Environmental Racism, and Environmental Justice in U.S. History

Additional Resources:

• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedures for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
• Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management (SAICM)
• Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Chemicals Branch
• Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC)
• UNITAR Chemicals and Waste Management Programme
• International Labour Organization – International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre
• World Health Organization – International Programme on Chemical Safety

September 14—Session 1: 1:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern (EDT)

Featuring David Goulson, PhD and André Leu, DSc.

David Goulson, PhD.

Professor of Biology
University of Sussex, Great Britain

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• Daily News: Serious Water Contamination from Pesticides Used on Pets, Ignored by Regulators, Again Confirmed
• Daily News: Garden Pesticide Use Harms Local Bird Populations, Study Authors Say “We Should Simply Ban These Poisons”
• Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse
• The Garden Jungle: or Gardening to Save the Planet
• A Sting in the Tale