Webinars
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Alternatives Assessment 101
- Joel Tickner, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Pam Eliason, Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
- Pamela Spencer, ANGUS Chemical Company
- Timothy Malloy, UCLA
- Cathy Rudisill, SRC Inc.
- Meredith Williams, California Department of Toxic Substances and Control
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JANUARY 25, 2018
Alternatives Assessment Webinar:
Lessons and Insights on the role of alternatives assessment in addressing emerging technologies
- Dr. Treye Thomas, Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Dr. Chuck Geraci, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Dr. Dave Rejeski, Environmental Law Institute
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NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Interagency Alternatives Assessment Working Group Webinar
3D Printing: Emerging Hazards and the Application of Alternative Assessment
- Justin Bours, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
- Gary Roth, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Lauren Heine, Northwest Green Chemistry
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NOVEMBER 29, 2016
Enhancing European Efforts Towards Informed Substitution:
Findings and Reactions to a European Union Capacity Needs Assessment
- Joel Tickner, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, UMASS Lowell
- Matti Vainio, European Chemicals Agency
- Molly Jacobs, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, UMASS Lowell
- Meredith Williams, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
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JULY 12, 2016
Interagency Alternatives Assessment Discussion:
Collaboration Around Technical Feasibility Evaluation in Alternatives Assessment
- Paul Yaroschak, DoD
- Greg Morose, MA Toxics Use Reduction Institute
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JUNE 28, 2016
Interagency Alternatives Assessment Webinar:
Incentivizing Chemical Disclosure, Alternatives Assessments, and Safer Substitution via Product Sustainability Standards
- Holly Elwood, USEPA Environmental Preferable Purchasing Group
- Alison Kin Bennett, USEPA
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MARCH 14, 2016
Update on Alternatives Assessment Under Reach
- Sanna Henrichson, European Chemicals Agency
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MARCH 10, 2016
Department of Defense Sustainability Analysis Process: Advancing Alternatives Comparisons
- Paul Yaroschak, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Craig Cammarata, Aligned Incentives
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FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Advance's in EPA's Rapid Exposure and Dosimetry Project
- Kristin Isaacs, National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)
- John Wambaugh, National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT)
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FEBRUARY 26, 2015
Alternatives Assessment 125 Webinar
Alternatives Assessments Under REACH: Lessons Learned
- Theirry Nicot and Denis Mottet, European Chemicals Agency
- Julius Waller, EPPA
- Tatiana Santos, European Environment Bureau
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FEBRUARY 17, 2015
Alternatives Assessment 124 Webinar
The Use of QSARs, Read Across, and Analogue Approaches in Inform Decision Making in Alternatives Assessment
- Jay Tunkel, SRC Inc., Environmental Health Analysis Group
- Cathy Rudisill, SRC Inc., Environmental Health Analysis Group
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JANUARY 21, 2015
Alternatives Assessment 123 Webinar
Mechanistic data in a Systematic Review Framework: Developing Confidence in Bodies of Evidence
- Andrew Rooney, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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JANUARY 7, 2015
Alternatives Assessment 122 Webinar
Using Tox21 in Vitro Data for Hazard Identification, Development of Prioritization-appropriate Points of Departure and Chemical-class Read-across Applications
- Richard Judson, USEPA
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APRIL 30, 2014
Alternatives Assessment Discussion Webinar
Safer Substitutes for Flame Retardant Chemicals Framing the Issues
- Joel Tickner, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, UMASS Lowell
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APRIL 16, 2014
Alternatives Assessment Discussion Webinar
Alternatives assessment in exposure-based safety standards: Are they mutually exclusive?
- Joel Tickner, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, UMASS Lowell
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DECEMBER 16, 2014
Alternatives Assessment 121 Webinar
Tox21: A U.S. Federal Collaboration to Improve the Human Hazard Characterization of Chemicals
- Raymond Tice, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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MARCH 21, 2014
Alternatives Assessment 120 Webinar
Alternatives Assessment for Engineered Nanoparticles
- Molly Jacobs, Lowell Center for Sustainable production
- Dr. Jennifer Sass, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Dr. Lauren Heine, Clean Production Action
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MARCH 12, 2014
Alternatives Assessment 119 Webinar
The Role of Alternatives Assessment in Chemical Accident Prevention
- Dr. Nicholas Ashford, MIT
- Dr. Gerald Poje, Former Board Member Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
- Jordan Barab, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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JANUARY 29, 2014
Alternatives Assessment 118 Webinar
Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse Alternatives Assessment Guide
- Alex Stone, Senior Chemist, Washington Department of Ecology
- Terri Goldberg, Executive Director, Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association
- Topher Buck, IC2 Project Manager, Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association
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DECEMBER 19, 2013
Alternatives Assessment 117 Webinar
Challenges in Selecting Alternatives and Implementing Substitution – Cross Agency Perspectives
- Alissa Cordner, Whitman College
- Paul Yaroshak, US Department of Defense
- Treye Thomas, CPSC
- Chris Weis, NIEHS
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DECEMBER 9, 2013
Alternatives Assessment 116 Webinar
Transitioning to safer chemicals to protect workers
- Nuria Cavelle-Oller, European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
- Ylva Gilbert, GAIA, Finland
- Rebecca Reindel, US Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Jessica Schifano, US Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Alternatives Assessment 115 Webinar
Identifying Safer Alternatives to Flame Retardants that are/contain Chemicals of Concern
- Pam Eliason, Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
- Elizabeth Harriman, Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
- Emma Lavoie, US EPA, Design for Environment Branch
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OCTOBER 28, 2013
Alternatives Assessment 114 Webinar
Flame Retardants: Framing the Issue
- Alex Morgan, University of Dayton ResearchInstitute
- Heather Stapleton, Duke University
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JUNE 11, 2013
Alternatives Assessment 113 Webinar
Addressing Trade-offs in Alternatives Assessment Processes
- Adam Finkel, UMDNJ School of Public Health
- Kathy Hart, US EPA
- Ann Blake, Environmental and Public Health Consulting
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MAY 15, 2013
Alternatives Assessment 112 Webinar
Prioritizing Chemicals of Concern in Alternatives Assessment
- Maria Doa, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Danie Dube, Environment Canada
- Jack Geibig, Ecoform
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MARCH 4, 2013
Alternatives Assessment 111 Webinar
Interstate Clearinghouse on Chemicals Alternatives Assessment Guidance Document Process
- Alex Stone, WA Department of Ecology
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MARCH 4, 2013
Alternatives Assessment 110 Webinar
Collaborations to Advance Safer Alternatives- Examples and Models
- Kate Winnebeck, New York Pollution Prevention Institute
- Monica Becker, Monica Becker and Associates
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JANUARY 11, 2013
Alternatives Assessment 109 Webinar
Advancing Informed Substitution and Safer Chemistry In Government Procurement
- Dana Arnold, General Services Administration
- Edward H. Rau, Environmental Protection Division, ORF DHHS-National Institutes of Health
- Elizabeth Meer, New York Department of Environmental Conservation
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NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Alternatives Assessment 108 Webinar
The Role of Lifecycle Considerations in Chemicals Alternatives Assessment
- Stig Olsen, Technical University of Denmark
- Frans Christensen, COWI Consultants, Denmark
- Bob Boughton, California Department of Toxic Substances Contro
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OCTOBER 23, 2012
Alternatives Assessment 107 Webinar
The Role of Exposure Information in Alternatives Assessment Processes
- Joel Ticker, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Cal Baier Anderson, Design for Environment Branch, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Hortensia Muniz-Ghazi, California Department of ToxicSubstances Control
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Alternatives Assessment 106 Webinar
The Role of Exposure Information in Alternatives Assessment Processes
- Elaine Cohen Hubal, Senior Scientist, U.S. EPA’s National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT)
- Treye Thomas, Toxicologist and Leader of the Chemical Hazards Program, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Donna Heidel, Prevention through Design Coordinator, CDC/NIOSH Education and Information Division
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Alternatives Assessment 105 Webinar
Supporting Adoption of Safer Alternatives
- Anna Magnum, Lead, E3 North Carolina, NCSU, Industrial Extension Service
- Tom Murray, Chief of the Prevention Analysis Branch in the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Pollution Prevention Division
- Ben Vickery, Senior Technical Advisor, National Institute of Standards & Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program
- Anahita Williamson, Director of the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute at RIT
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JUNE 27, 2012
Alternatives Assessment 104 Webinar
How Agencies are Incentivizing the Adoption of Alternatives
- Jessian Choy, City of San Francisco Office of Environment
- Chris Geiger, City of San Francisco Office of Environment
- Johnny Le, MA Toxics Use Reduction Institute
- Greg Morose, MA Toxics Use Reduction Institute
- Heidi Wilcox, MA Toxics Use Reduction Institute
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APRIL 24, 2012
Alternatives Assessment 103 Webinar
Case Examples and Lessons Learned
- Cal Baier-Anderson, USEPA, Design for Environment
- Alex Stone, Washington Department of Ecology
- Pam Eliason, MA Toxics Use Reduction Institute
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MARCH 6, 2012
Alternatives Assessment 102 Webinar
How Alternatives Assessment concepts are being and can be integrated into agency initiatives
- Rebecca Reindel, Industrial Hygienist, OSHA
- Donna Heidel, Prevention through Design Coordinator, NIOSH
- Julie Fishman, Associate Director for Program Development, CDC, NCEH
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MARCH 6, 2012
Alternatives Assessment 101 Webinar
Overview and Introduction to Alternatives Assessment
- Joel Ticker, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Pam Eliason, MA Toxics Use Reduction Institute
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