Emerging Contaminants Episodes

Battelle's Chlorinated Conference: PFAS, AI, and What's Next
June 9, 2026

Battelle's Chlorinated Conference: PFAS, AI, and What's Next

Battelle's Chlorinated Conference draws 1,500 environmental professionals from 23 countries, and its division manager explains why PFAS treatment is pushing the industry to its limits. Joe Tarsavage , Division Manager of Envi...

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ToxiMapp: Mapping 1,900 Toxins Near Your Home
May 12, 2026

ToxiMapp: Mapping 1,900 Toxins Near Your Home

ToxiMapp aggregates over 60 geospatial environmental datasets to show users exactly which toxicants are present in the air, water, and soil near any U.S. address, and the platform's founders say most people have no idea what ...

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Microplastics, CCL 6 and EPA Drinking Water Policy with Megan Quinn of Waste Dive
April 28, 2026

Microplastics, CCL 6 and EPA Drinking Water Policy with Megan Quinn o…

Microplastics appear on a federal contaminant watchlist for the first time, and the regulatory path forward remains far from certain. Megan Quinn , senior reporter at Waste Dive , breaks down what the EPA's proposed new Conta...

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PFAS Regulation in Flux: Legal Insights from Environmental Attorney Phil Comella
July 1, 2025

PFAS Regulation in Flux: Legal Insights from Environmental Attorney P…

Veteran environmental attorney Phil Comella joins host Sean Grady on the Environmental Transformation Podcast to break down the EPA’s proposed rollback of PFAS drinking water regulations. With over 40 years of experience, Com...

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Thermal Treatment of Organic Containments and PFAs with TerraTherm's SVP Jim Galligan
May 13, 2025

Thermal Treatment of Organic Containments and PFAs with TerraTherm's …

In this episode, host Sean Grady sits down with Jim Galligan, Senior Vice President at TerraTherm, to discuss advanced thermal remediation technologies. Jim, an industry veteran with over 34 years of expertise, dives deep int...

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Keeping Up With The Latest PFAS Laboratory Methods With Enthalpy Analytical
July 9, 2024

Keeping Up With The Latest PFAS Laboratory Methods With Enthalpy Anal…

Join host Sean Grady as he interviews JP Verheul, Senior Chemist, and Mike Allen, VP of Trace Lab Services, from Enthalpy Analytical. Discover the critical work Enthalpy Analytical is doing in analyzing environmental samples ...

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UN Calls Out Chemours & DuPont for Extensive PFAS Contamination in the United States
April 9, 2024

UN Calls Out Chemours & DuPont for Extensive PFAS Contamination in th…

In this insightful episode of the Environmental Transformation Podcast, host Sean Grady engages in a compelling dialogue with Emily Donovan , co-founder of Clean Cape Fear , about their ongoing battle against PFAS pollution i...

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SimpleLab, from Startup to Laboratory Logistics Service Leader.
Sept. 19, 2023

SimpleLab, from Startup to Laboratory Logistics Service Leader.

SimpleLab , from Startup to Laboratory Logistics Service Leader. Join us for an engaging conversation with Johnny Pujol , the visionary founder of SimpleLab. In this insightful interview, Johnny shares his journey from a pass...

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Water Filtration and Equipment Selection
July 11, 2023

Water Filtration and Equipment Selection

In this episode we discuss Water Filtration and Equipment Selection. Properly sizing a water filtration system can be challenging. Who do you call when you need help figuring out the size of pumps you need to drain a retent...

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A discussion with the U.S. EPA’s Office of Water Deputy Assistant Administrator Bruno Pigott.
May 9, 2023

A discussion with the U.S. EPA’s Office of Water Deputy Assistant Adm…

A discussion with the U.S. EPA’s Office of Water Deputy Assistant Administrator Bruno Pigott . So much is happening in the water space at the EPA these days, from lead and copper water supply pipe replacement programs to newl...

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PFAS Contamination Update with Clean Cape Fear Co-Founder Emily Donavan
May 2, 2023

PFAS Contamination Update with Clean Cape Fear Co-Founder Emily Donav…

PFAS Contamination Update with Clean Cape Fear Co-Founder Emily Donavan . Learn about the recent TSCA court ruling where four community groups petitioned the US EPA to require Chemours to conduct epidemiology studies that inc...

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In -Situ Chemistry Evaluation and Selection
March 21, 2023

In -Situ Chemistry Evaluation and Selection

Today we have a panel discussion with today’s guests, Eliot Cooper of Cascade , Dr. Bradley Droy of TEA Environmental Solutions , and Craig Bruno of Landmark Environmental , around the evaluation process of selecting the prop...

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"Forever Chemicals" Environmental, Economic, and Social Equity Concerns with PFAS with Authors LeeAnn Racz and David Kempisty.
Aug. 18, 2021

"Forever Chemicals" Environmental, Economic, and Social Equity Concer…

Forever Chemicals known as PFAS, are a class of man-made per-and polyfluroalkyl substances that persist in the environment and don’t break down. PFAS chemicals have been around for over 70 years and have been unregulated by t...

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PFAS industry trends, sampling protocols, and analytical testing challenges with Taryn McKnight of Eurofins.
May 4, 2021

PFAS industry trends, sampling protocols, and analytical testing chal…

PFAS is one of the hottest topics in the industry. Can you say Parts Per Quadrillion! In this episode we talk with Taryn McKnight , the PFAS Practice Leader for Eurofins . We cover PFAS regulatory concerns related to how Sta...

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