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