RISE ST. JAMES UNIVERSITY
THE BODY BURDENS OF PLASTICS
Our free online course, The Body Burdens of Plastics, is now in progress. It began on Tuesday, May 27, at 6:00 p.m. CST and will run weekly for four weeks.
Weekly Topics
- May 27, 2025: Toxic Ingredients in Plastics – Jamala Djinn, PhD (She/They), Science & Policy Advisor at Break Free From Plastic and the Center for Coalfield Justice
- June 3, 2025: Microplastics in the Body and Environment – Dr. Eric “Doc” Griggs, community medicine doctor and health educator, and Cynthia Palmer, Senior Petrochemicals Analyst @ Moms Clean Air Force
- June 10, 2025: The Health Risks of Vinyl Chloride, a key ingredient in PVC plastic production – Mike Schade, Director of the Mind the Store program at Toxic-Free Future
- Environmental Justice
