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MRVAC meeting this Thursday. NOTE LOCATION for this meeting Dr. Deborah Swackhammer, the Interim Director of the University of = Minnesota's new Institute on the Environment will be the featured = speaker at the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter this Thursday = evening with her program:=20 Environmental Estrogens - A New Threat to Wildlife: What are they, = where do they go and what should we do? Many chemicals found in common household products and drugs get into our = rivers and lakes. Once in the water they can mimic estrogen or other = hormones when taken up by fish or birds. The research done in Dr. = Swackhamer's lab looks at the questions surrounding this issue, such as = what are the chemicals of concern and how we can minimize or prevent = their impacts. Her research focuses on the chemical and biological = processes that control the fate of toxic organic contaminants in water, = particularly the Great Lakes. If you heard her speak on Minnesota = Public Radio's Midday broadcast March 16, 2006 about the safety of our = water supply, you know why we are so excited to hear her presentation. Meeting schedule: Please join us at 7:00 pm at the Minnesota Valley = Unitarian Universalist Fellowship building. We encourage you to = socialize over coffee and cookies from 7-7:30 pm. A brief business = meeting and the featured speaker begin at 7:30 pm. The meeting concludes = at 9:00 pm. DIRECTIONS: The Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is = located at 10715 Zenith Ave S in Bloomington, south of Old Shakopee Road = between France Avenue and Penn Avenue. For more imformation check our website: www.mrvac.org Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C76A81.B14086F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Palatino Linotype" = size=3D4> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MRVAC meeting this = Thursday. NOTE=20 LOCATION for this meeting</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dr. Deborah Swackhammer, the = Interim=20 Director of the University of Minnesota's new Institute on the = Environment=20 will be the featured speaker at the Minnesota River Valley Audubon = Chapter this=20 Thursday evening with her program: </FONT></P><B><U> <P align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><FONT = size=3D2>Environmental Estrogens - A=20 New Threat to Wildlife: What are they, where do they go and what = should we=20 do?</FONT></FONT></P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2></FONT><BR></FONT></U></B></FONT><FONT = size=3D2>Many=20 chemicals found in common household products and drugs get into our = rivers and=20 lakes. Once in the water they can mimic estrogen or other hormones = when=20 taken up by fish or birds. The research done in Dr. Swackhamer's lab = looks at=20 the questions surrounding this issue, such as what are the chemicals of = concern=20 and how we can minimize or prevent their impacts. Her = research=20 focuses on the chemical and biological processes that control the fate = of toxic=20 organic contaminants in water, particularly the Great Lakes. If = you heard=20 her speak on Minnesota Public Radio=92s Midday broadcast March 16, 2006 = about the=20 safety of our water supply, you know why we are so excited to = hear her=20 presentation.<BR><BR><B>Meeting schedule:</B> <B></B>Please join us at = <B>7:00=20 pm </B>at the Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship = building. We=20 encourage you to socialize over coffee and cookies from 7-7:30 pm. A = brief=20 business meeting and the featured speaker begin at <B>7:30 pm</B>. The = meeting=20 concludes at 9:00 pm.</P></FONT><B><FONT size=3D1></FONT><FONT size=3D2> <P>DIRECTIONS</B>: The Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist = Fellowship is=20 located at 10715 Zenith Ave S in Bloomington, south of Old Shakopee Road = between=20 France Avenue and Penn Avenue.</P></FONT><FONT size=3D2> <P>For more imformation check our website: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.mrvac.org/">www.mrvac.org</A></P> <P>Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:swest...@comcast.net">swest...@comcast.net</A></P> <P> </P></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C76A81.B14086F0--