🏭 Industrial contamination and ‘forever chemicals’ are having a lasting impact on our communities. It’s time for action – but what does that look like?
At our in-person panel event, Communities and Contamination: Call to Action, Leigh Day will explore the human and environmental costs of toxic pollution and how affected communities can take meaningful action.
📆 Thursday 2 October | 2:30pm – 5:30pm
🤝 Networking and drinks reception to follow
📍 Leeds City Centre
💡Rallying together environmentalists, scientists and community members
Our speakers: From research to real-life impact
Panel 1: Contamination - What, where, how?
- Dr Anna Watson, Director of Policy and Advocacy at ChemTrust
- Professor Alistair Boxall, Professor in Environmental Science at the University of York
- Pippa Neill, News Editor at The ENDS Report
Panel 2: Communities - what can we do?
- Nienke Blauw, affected resident and activist from the Netherlands
- Tim Cooke-Hurle, Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers
- Dr Roxana Willis, Assistant Professor of Law LSE
Closing keynote speech
- Professor Tony Fletcher, Associate Professor at London School of Hygiene
