GLIN==> The CILER-GLERL Seminar Series Presents: "An Ecosystem-Based Risk Assessment of Mercury in the Great Lakes and Beyond"

Join us this coming Tuesday, April 5 at 10:30AM in Lake Superior Hall at 
the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab in Ann Arbor to hear:

Dr. Nil Basu, Assistant Professor
Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health
University of Michigan

Dr. Basu will speak on recent work his Environmental Toxicology Lab has 
been taking on to address mercury issues in the Great Lakes.

Please see instructions located below this announcement to attend a 
webinar of this event.



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An ecosystem‐based risk assessment of mercury in the Great Lakes and Beyond

Join us for a Webinar on April 5

<https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/868894458>

*Space is limited.*
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/868894458

Fish consumption advisories, largely driven by mercury, plague the 
entire Great Lakes basin. Dr. Basuwill present an overview of his 
laboratory’s research concerning mercury risks in the Great Lakes region 
by focusing on fish‐eating wildlife and humans. The lab is currently 
working with partners in academia, government, and NGOs to develop a 
multimedia assessment of mercury risks in the Great Lakes basin. The lab 
has conducted a series of studies on mink, river otters, common loons, 
bald eagles, and herring gulls from the Great Lakes region, and found 
that exposure to mercury in the brain could be associated with 
significant alterations in several important neurochemicals, in 
particular brain cholinergic and glutamate receptor levels. These 
results are of ecological concern, as the neurochemicalparameters 
studied have essential roles in wildlife behavior, reproduction, and 
survival. The lab has also conducted studies concerning mercury exposure 
in Michigan dentists who were exposed to mercury through fish and 
amalgam, and members of the AamjiwnaangFirst Nations, who are surrounded 
by dense petrochemical industries.

*Title:* 		An ecosystem‐based risk assessment of mercury in the Great 
Lakes and Beyond

*Date:* 	
	Tuesday, April 5, 2011

*Time:* 	
	10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT


After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing 
information about joining the Webinar.

*System Requirements*
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

	





-- 
Sander Robinson
Administrative Coordinator and Research Lab Specialist
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
4840 S. State Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI  48108
(734)741-2172
Alternate E-mail:sanderdr at umich.edu


-- 
Sander Robinson
Administrative Coordinator and Research Lab Specialist
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
4840 S. State Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI  48108
(734)741-2172
Alternate E-mail:  sanderdr at umich.edu

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