Day 1:Tiny Pollutant, Big Impact
Join leading scientists and environmental experts as they share the latest research on microplastics, their widespread impact on ecosystems, human health, and coastal communities.
Day 1 will feature in-depth presentations and discussions exploring how microplastics move through our environment—from oceans and rivers to the food we eat—and what current studies are revealing about their long-term effects.
PLUS, enjoy a special screening of the award-winning documentary Plastic People, an eye-opening film that sheds light on how plastic pollution has infiltrated nearly every corner of our world and what we can do about it.
8:30 AM
Registration
Sign-in table at the front. Light refreshments
9:00 AM
Welcome message from San Antonio Bay Area Waterkeeper
9:10 AM
"Are We Plastic People?" with Dr. Phoebe Stapleton, Rutgers
10:10 AM
Microplastic in Matagorda Bay presentation by Dr. David Hala, Texas A&M
11:10 AM
Presentation by Dr. Sandra Metoyer, Univ. of Houston
12:15 PM
Lunch
12:45 PM
Zero Discharge Panel with Amy Johnson, Matthew Donohue (NELC), Aiza F José-Sanchez (AIZACO)
1:45 PM
Panel Q&A
2:30 PM
"Plastic People" Screening
4:00 PM
Closing message from San Antonio Bay Area Waterkeeper
Rutgers University, research microplastics and nano-plastic impact on human health
Dr. Phoebe Stapleton
Dr. Sandra Metoyer
University of Houston, Oceans and One Health.
Texas A&M, emerging nano/microplastics body burden in oysters and fish in Matagorda Bay
