Communities and Contamination: Call to Action event
We are bringing together leading academics, NGOs, lawyers, environmental experts and community voices to highlight the issue of chemical contamination, and crucially, to explore how affected communities can take meaningful action. Please join us at our panel discussion event.
Chemical contamination is not a distant or abstract problem - it's here, in our communities. From the post-industrial legacy in Corby and Newcastle-under-Lyme, to growing evidence of PFAS pollution across Yorkshire and Lancashire, the burden of contamination is becoming impossible to ignore.
Leigh Day's Environmental Team are pleased to invite you to an in-person panel event on Thursday 2 October, 2:30pm to 5:30pm in Leeds City Centre.
We are bringing together leading academics, NGOs, lawyers, environmental experts and community voices to highlight the scale and scope of the issue, and crucially, to explore how affected communities can take meaningful action.
After the panel, stay for a networking and drinks reception - an opportunity to connect, share ideas, and build momentum for change.
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