Session 7 – Thursday June 11, 2026
Madison Ballroom
– Virtual
– Student
Session 7 : Pollutants & Contaminants and their Impacts on Human Health (e.g., PFAS, Black Carbon, etc.)
Session Chair: Doug Burns, U.S. Geological Survey
15:00 – 15:20
Alex Frie, Minnesota Sea Grant, University of Minnesota
PFAS in Great Lakes Region Precipitation: Insights from Two Years of Observations
15:20 – 15:40
Douglas Burns, U.S. Geological Survey
Atmospheric Deposition of PFAS in Wet Deposition and Throughfall to an Urban Forest
15:40 – 16:00
Quinn Whiting, University of Minnesota-Duluth ![]()
Finding the fluorine: Non-target analysis illuminates atmospheric PFAS deposition trends
16:00 – 16:20
Ali Milani, UW-Madison ![]()
Tracking PFAS in rain and snow around the Lake Superior basin
16:20 – 16:40
Miguel Bernardez, Minnesota Sea Grant, University of Minnesota
Attributing of wet-deposition of PFAS by tracking sources backwards in time
16:40 – 17:00
Randy Tangang, University at Albany ![]()
Short Term Effects of Cold Weather Factors on Hospital Admissions for Subcategories of Autoimmune Diseases