December 14, 2012, Friday - "Triclosan Derivatives in the Mississippi River Environment" at McKnight Foundation

Time: 8:00am - 9:30am

Location: McKnight Foundation, 710 Second Street South, Suite 400

"Triclosan Derivatives in the Mississippi River Environment"

One of the issues presented in the “State of the River Report,” released recently by the National Park Service and Friends of the Mississippi River, is the presence and increase of triclosan-derived dioxins in sediment in the Lake Pepin portion of the Mississippi River. Many report readers and audience members have responded that they had not heard of triclosan before.

Here’s your chance to learn more! Presenter Bill Arnold is one of the researchers whose findings were reported in the “State of the River Report.”Come hear how Dr. Arnold’s research identified a 200% increase in triclosan-derived dioxins in Lake Pepin’s sediment. Bill Arnold is the Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He is on the graduate faculty of the Water Resources Science Program, a Resident Fellow of the Institute on the Environment and an Associate Fellow the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute.

Light breakfast provided. Free. RSVP to lark_weller@nps.gov. Transit and parking information are available at http://www.mcknight.org/about/offices.aspx.

The Mississippi River Forum is made possible by the generous support of the park's charitable partner, the Mississippi River Fund.