Fwd: Science Cafe at BAR premiers Tuesday
Jessica Cole
Sent on the go
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History" <ypm...@yale.edu>
Date: May 2, 2012 4:11:49 PM EDT
To: "Peabody Museum Email Subscribers" <itsc...@yale.edu>
Subject: Science Cafe at BAR premiers Tuesday
Peabody Launches Science Café
at BAR
Tuesday, May 8
7:00 pm
Estrogens in Your Backyard: The Next Frontier in Water Pollution,
Discussion led by David Skelly, Yale Professor of Ecology
Yale Peabody Museum Science Café
Location: BAR, 254 Crown Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Admission is free, but must be 21 or older to attend
Science Café is a lively event where members of the public can learn about current research from a scientist over pizza and beer. Join Yale Professor of Ecology David Skelly at BAR on Tuesday, May 8, at 7:00 p.m. for craft brews, laughs and a spirited discussion! Admission is free but those attending must be 21 or older.
The topic at this first gathering of Science Café is one close to home. Have you ever thought about what happens to the chemicals in your everyday life after you are done using them? Soap, medication, household cleaners, and even the residue on that new plastic food container all contain chemical compounds which can be biologically active. Through a combination of wildlife biology and environmental chemistry, Skelly is exploring the fate and impact of chemicals leaving suburban homes.
Skelly’s work has been inspired by his discovery that frogs living in backyard ponds often have deformities. In fact, 20 percent of suburban male green frogs have testicular oocytes: eggs in their testes. Their sperm quality may be affected as well. While this likely isn’t good for frogs, it may also mean something for us humans. There is an adage that “the solution to pollution is dilution.” The problem in this case is that chemicals acting through hormonal pathways can have effects even at very low concentrations. And there are a startling number of potentially harmful chemicals out there.
For additional information or questions, contact peabo...@yale.edu.
Manage this Subscription
You may be receiving this message because you are subscribed to one of the Yale lists. Manage your subscriptions to Yale messages here:
https://light.its.yale.edu/messages/UnivSubscriptions/subscribe.asp
