Webinars
A Trio of Synthetic “P”s: PFAS Polymers, Nano Plastics and Phthalate Plasticisers
Time until webinar:
Date: 19 June 2025 11.00am - 1.00pm
Duration: 2hr
We are delighted to announce that A Trio of Synthentic “P”s: PFAS Polymers, Nano Plastics and Phthalate Plasticisers webinar will take place on Thursday 19th June 2025 (11-1pm) at a cost of £35 inc VAT.
Delivered by Paul Nathanail and special guests to be announced over coming months.
National cuisines often have a trio of ingredients, such as aromatics, herbs, or spices, that form a definitive base flavour. This webinar will introduce a different trio of interlinked toxicants and carriers which will challenge the current risk assessment and risk management paradigm. Finer than a human hair, nano plastics are linked with behavioural disorders in biota and inflammation of the gastrointestinal and lung epithelial membranes. The manufacture, use and disposal of PFAS polymers results in release of PFAS monomers linked to cancer and other adverse effects in humans. Some phthalate plasticisers interfere with human hormonal systems and cause allergies. Co-occurrence of 2 or 3 members of the trio are known and the effect on properties, transport, fate and toxicity slowly being understood. This webinar will explore how this trio of individual families relate.
Speakers
Paul Nathanail
Director, Land Quality Management Ltd
Paul is a director of specialist contaminated land consultancy LQM. He offers expert witness and intelligent client services, delivers live and online training courses and carries out DQRAs. He balances consultancy, research and knowledge transfer in the fields of sustainable contaminated land management, brownfield redevelopment and circular land use. Paul is the lead author of CIRIA’s guide on PFAS (C819), supervised research projects on microplastics, featured in a Maggie Philbin documentary on phthalates, and has burnt several non-stick pans.
