42: Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, PFAS, Plastic-Free Living, Environmental Science | Dr. Marissa Jablonski
Update: 2024-04-22
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Dr. Marissa Jablonski is an educator, researcher and Executive Director of the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin where she works to bring together academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and community around all things water. Marissa is also a zero waste influencer under her name Plastic-Free Marissa.
*PFAS and PFOA research is growing very rapidly and we have a correction: PFAS and PFOA do not accumulate in fat cells, they tend to accumulate in body tissues like the lungs, liver and kidneys. Here are a couple of resources that back this up:
- https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pfc#:~:text=Exposure%20to%20certain%20PFAS%20may,such%20as%20in%20the%20liver.
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412013001220
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