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SETAC North America is allowing late abstracts for the 31st Annual Meeting in Portland, OR.  http://portland.setac.org/

Abstracts submitted prior to the June 4th deadline will get first preference in selection of platforms but you now have until June 14th 2010 at 7AM CDT to submit your late abstract.

SETAC understands the hard work and long hours scientists are putting in to help clean-up and study this catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. This addition is to allow workers on the oil spill effort in the Gulf of Mexico additional time to submit an abstract and continue to enhance the high quality of science we all expect at a SETAC annual meeting.

SETAC thanks you for your efforts and looks forward to seeing you at the meeting in Portland, OR.

Don’t miss submitting your abstract by June 4 (Friday this week!) for the SETAC North America 31st Annual Meeting from 7-11 November 2010 in Portland Oregon.

SETAC North America 31st Annual Meeting, 7-11 November 2010

Call for Abstracts Now Open!

The theme for the SETAC North America 31st Annual Meeting is: Bridging Science with Communities. You can submit your abstract into the appropriate session online at http://portland.setac.org  All submissions must be made electronically. The deadline to submit abstracts is Friday, 4 June 2010. We’ve had a record number of session submissions and are expecting great attendance at this meeting!

Nestle Waters North America commissioned the project to better understand the environmental aspects of bottled water and available alternatives, and to explore ways to further reduce its own footprint. The intentions of the project were to

1. identify and compare the environmental impacts of consuming bottled water and several prominent alternatives; and
2. identify the environmental impacts of a consumer’s total beverage consumption and evaluating the influence of changing bottled water consumption habits.

The methodology applied was life cycle assessment (LCA), is an internationally accepted method for measuring the environmental impact of products, services and other systems. It included a comprehensive scope, which ensured that environmental impacts were not simply being shifted to other parts of a system’s life cycle or to other environmental impact categories. This study was peer-reviewed by an independent panel of LCA experts.