Tracy Punshon, Ph.D., co-Leader of our SRP’s Trace Element Anaylysis Core (TEAC), gave a talk on “Complimentary Techniques: Laser Ablation ICP-MS and the new Biomedical National Elemental Imaging Resource at Dartmouth” at the July 28-29, 2021 CHESS 2030 meeting.

Tracy Punshon, Ph.D., co-Leader of our Trace Element Anaylysis Core (TEAC) and Pianpian Wu, Ph.D., Project 2 Trainee, presented as part of SRP’s Risk E-Learning Webinar series on “Enhancing Integration, Interoperability and Resuse of Data.” Dr. Punshon presented at the May 17 session on “Data Sharing Tools, Workflows, and Platforms” and Dr. Wu spoke at the June 1 session on “Geospatial Platforms for Anaylysis and Visualization Across Environmental Data.”

Brian Jackson, Ph.D., co-Leader of our Trace Element Anaylsis Core (TEAC), presented at a May 13, 2021 webinar sponsored by the Chemical and Engineering News, American Chemical Society. His topic was “Advances and Applications of ICP-MS: Food and Environmental Applications.”

Laurie Rardin, Research Translation Coordinator, spoke on effective outreach for private well water testing during a Private Water Network Round Table. Private Well Challenges – A Private Water Network Digital Round Table: consisted of private water safety professionals who discussed the current challenges faced by private well programs and highlighted their successes. The three challenges highlighted were data gaps regarding private wells, effective outreach, and treatment concerns.

Director Celia Chen was approved to be Co-chair of the Fate and Transport Partnership of the United Nations Environment Programme Global Mercury Partnership.

The annual NH Drinking Water Festival will be virtual this year. This Festival has educated and inspired fourth-graders to conserve and protect our water resources for 27 years. To support teachers, students and parents free online resources will be available March through July. Major themes include the water cycle, watersheds, groundwater, wildlife and the human water cycle. Lessons connect with student’s daily lives and explore how they can keep water clean.

The Drinking Water Festival’s new website is currently under construction, but it can be found and bookmarked for the virtual event this spring. If you would like to learn more, please contact Lara Hooper at lara.hooper@des.nh.gov.

What does water mean to you? March 22nd, World Water Day, celebrates water and raises awareness of the global water crisis, and a core focus of the observance is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. Register for the United Nations World Water Day online event here.

Director Celia Chen is an invited speaker for the MEMCARE Superfund Research Program Center Speaker Series. Her talk is on March 22 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm and is titled, Environmental drivers of mercury fate in aquatic food webs: from freshwater to marine ecosystems. For more information visit the MEMCARE-SRC site.

Check out our newest fact sheet for private well users explaining the Arsenic Maximum contaminant level (MCL) reduction in New Hampshire(for public water systems) from 10 to 5 parts per billion and the reasons why private well owners should follow this rule as well!

MDI Biological Laboratory and Dartmouth College, in collaboration with multiple partners in Maine and New Hampshire, are leading an NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) project called: “Data to Action: A secondary school-based citizen science project to address arsenic contamination of well water.” SEPA Co-Leaders Jane Disney and Bruce Stanton will be interviewed by Voice of Maine News/Talk Radio about arsenic in well water, a significant problem for private wells in Maine and New Hampshire. Tune in Saturday 7/25 at 6:30 a.m. and 8 p.m on 103.9 FM (Bangor).