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From Research to Real Life: What Works to Reduce Toxics in Our Daily Environments

Date & Time

Friday, October 09, 2026, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Category

Partner Events

Speakers Include:

  • Emily S. Barrett, Rutgers Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease
  • Kevin Barfield, Camden for Clean Air
  • Alison I. Bernstein, Rutgers University’s Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy 
  • Deandrah Cameron, New Jersey Future
  • Anthony Diaz, Newark Water Coalition 
  • Kim Gaddy, South Ward Environmental Alliance
  • Amy Goldsmith, Clean Water Action 
  • Michelle Jansen, Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Biotechnology & Medicine 
  • Howard M. Kipen, Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute 
  • Robert J. Laumbach, Rutgers Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease
  • Zorimar Rivera‑Núñez, Rutgers School of Public Health 
  • Shereyl Snider, East Trenton Collaborative 
  • Nur Zeinomar, Rutgers Cancer Institute

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

Understanding Everyday Exposure 

How pollutants enter indoor spaces and what we can do to reduce them.

Health Trends Linked to Environmental Exposures

Featuring Rutgers CEED / EOHSI Researchers:

Researchers will share what current science reveals about PFAS, plastics, air pollution, and chemicals — and how these exposures relate to cancer, fertility, metabolic health, heart disease, and cognitive outcomes.

Hands‑On Mini‑Workshops 

Action Planning 

Leave with 2–3 achievable steps you can start right away — plus CEED resources and follow‑up opportunities.

Closing & Call to Collective Action 

A hopeful, evidence‑based message about how small steps and community collaboration create healthier environments for all.

Register here at: https://form.jotform.com/252516210690046

For more information contact Kerry Margaret Butch at kerrybu@eohsi.rutgers,edu

Parking information:

Visitors may park in Lots 76, 99C & 99D Guests must use the attached link to register for the event. Guests will click “Visitor” then enter their email and vehicle information to complete registration. Once completed they will receive an email and or text confirmation. Rutgers affiliated Faculty, Staff, and Students parking without a parking permit or outside their parking permit assignment will be subjected to ticketing/towing.

URL for the event: https://parkingbase.com/c/rutgers/d/3676664?eventId=c70442f7-73d2-4267-b594-8bd372c79246