WEBINARIO: Participación comunitaria para el consumo de agua segura

El Superfund Research Program anuncia la realización del próximo Webinario en idioma inglés en el marco de los Seminarios de Aprendizaje: Participación comunitaria: en acciones bidireccionales: Nuevos enfoques e historias exitosas.

Esta serie de actividades destacan la importancia de facilitar el compromiso de las comunidades en la comunicación de  de los riesgos de la exposición ambiental a sustancias nocivas. En esta sesión Dr. Laurie Reynolds Rardin,  presentará "Face-To-Face Communication Empowers Communities to Spread the Word". (http://www.insmalldoses.org)", un corto de 10 minutos que explica la importancia de identificar los niveles de arsénico en el agua bebible.The Superfund Research Program announces Session II: “Community Engagement Activities for Safe Drinking Water” of the latest Risk e Learning Web seminar series “Community Engagement: New Approaches and Success Stories”. 

El webinario tendrá lugar el 14 de Abril 2011, entre la 1:00 to 3:00pm ET.

Registrarse en EPA’s CLU-IN website (http://bit.ly/gVQNPc). El seminario es sin costo pero el espacio es limitado.  

The series will highlight the importance of engaging communities in bi-directional partnerships to effectively communicate the risks of environmental exposures to hazardous substances.  Presentations will explore success stories and learning experiences for scenarios such as fish consumption/food-chain transfer of contaminants, well water contamination, remediation technology selection, etc.  The presenters will introduce new tools and approaches for interacting with communities in urban settings, rural settings, and within Native American communities.  The series will showcase community engagement activities being undertaken by the SRP and EPA researchers and staff.

In this session, Dr. Laurie Reynolds Rardin, SRP funded researcher from Dartmouth College will present "Face-To-Face Communication Empowers Communities to Spread the Word". This presentation will focus on the Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program Research Translation Core's recently produced "In Small Doses: Arsenic (http://www.insmalldoses.org)", a 10 minute movie which explains how and why owners of private wells in northern New England should check the levels of arsenic in their drinking water. By providing this information in a visually engaging format, the goal was to persuade private well owners to test their wells and put in an arsenic remediation system if warranted. Face-to-face communication and access to copies of the video proved to be one of the best methods of distribution by expanding the delivery network and allowing the movie to be shown by local town government and public health officials, residents, and on local cable channels. Following her presentation, SRP funded researcher from UC-Davis Radomir Schmidt will discuss a MTBE bioremediation project in Glennville, CA. The project was designed to test existing bioreactor technology for potential drinking water production. The UC-Davis researchers tested for a panel of potential waterborne pathogens. They sought to promote a sense of project ownership in local residents through information exchange meetings, demonstrations of the bioremediation process, and by recruiting locals to help monitor the day-to-day running of the bioreactor.

The webinar will be held April 14th, 2011; from 1:00 to 3:00pm ET.

Please register soon on EPA’s CLU-IN website (http://bit.ly/gVQNPc).  The seminar is free, but space is limited.

In case you missed them…

The SRP archives past seminars.  The complete list of past seminars with links to their archives is available on the SRP Risk e Learning Web page.

 Información enviada por:

Justin Crane, NIEHS Contractor – MDB, Inc.