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.