Chemical Conversations with Frankie Wood-Black, PhD
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Frankie Wood-Black has a PhD in physics and is on the faculty at Northern Oklahoma College. She explains how she found herself in the field of chemical health and safety and shares her expertise on these matters.
Tune in to learn:
- What the universe of chemicals is and how it differs from the chemicals used in commerce and industry
- What types of questions regarding chemical use and safety have been raised in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Common hazards and challenges in Wood-Black's field of work
Chemicals are everywhere; walk through a grocery store and you're likely to pass by hundreds or more. Who regulates all of these chemicals? Who identifies health hazards and responds to environmental exposures? Who keeps the drinking water safe for drinking?
Wood-Black answers all of these questions and more. She discusses the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Clean Air Act, how chemical regulation has changed over the past few decades and years, what the TSCA "reboot" accomplished, the role of the Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency in the establishment of laws and regulations, how chemicals are categorized into "classes," what types of hazards and challenges are encountered in the field of chemical health and safety, and so much more.
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| 0:30.1 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I have Frankie Wood Black. |
| 0:43.4 | She's on the faculty at Northern Oklahoma College. |
| 0:46.2 | We're going to talk about chemical health and safety |
| 0:48.9 | and the Toxic Substances Control Act, |
| 0:51.6 | known as Tusk, environmental regulations etc. So frankly thanks for coming. |
| 0:56.2 | Glad to be here. Yeah it's very easy and maybe obvious but why you're involved in |
| 1:05.2 | regulating toxic substances why is it important to you? Well historically when I first started in industry I actually went to |
| 1:10.5 | industry before I went back to teaching in academia. I worked in dealing with |
| 1:15.8 | water and the Clean Air Act and dealing with chemicals in their introduction |
| 1:21.0 | into the marketplace. |
| 1:24.0 | And the Toxic Substance Control Act, |
| 1:26.2 | which has now been changed a little bit over the past couple of years |
| 1:31.1 | into, it's morphed a little bit was started way back when you know during about the time |
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