Gradient to Present at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Conference

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July 10, 2018

Gradient will have four presentations at the upcoming Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Conference, taking place July 15-18 in Chicago, Illinois. IFT’s annual event aims to “help advance our planet’s food safety, nutrition, and sustainability.”

Gradient’s IFT Presentations:

Session: Hot Topics Session: Clearing the Haze: An Overview of the Edible Cannabis Scene
Title: Potential Adulteration Issues Associated with Edible Cannabis Products
Speaker: James W. Rice, Ph.D., Senior Environmental Scientist
Date: July 16, 2018
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Location: McCormick Place – S404D

Session: Say What? The Mandatory Paradigm Shift in Today’s Science Communications
Title: Just How Dangerous Is the Food We Eat? Understanding Findings from Nutritional Epidemiology
Speaker: Kirsten (Ke) Zu, Ph.D., Sc.D., M.P.H., Senior Epidemiologist
Date: July 17, 2018
Time: 10:30 am -12:00 pm
Location: McCormick Place – N427ABC

Session: Proposition 65: What It Means for the Food Industry
Title: Coffee & Cancer: What is the Epidemiology Evidence?
Speaker: Kirsten (Ke) Zu, Ph.D., Sc.D., M.P.H., Senior Epidemiologist
Date: July 17, 2018
Time: 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Location: McCormick Place – N427ABC

Session: Proposition 65: What it Means for the Food Industry
Title: Evaluating Exposure to Lead in Food Under CA Proposition 65
Speaker: Rosemary Mattuck, M.S., Senior Environmental Engineer
Date: July 17, 2018
Time: 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Location: McCormick Place – N427ABC

Gradient’s Related Services:

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Food Safety | California Prop 65 | Epidemiology | Toxicology | Chemistry

Gradient is an environmental and risk sciences consulting firm renowned for our specialties in Toxicology, Epidemiology, Risk Assessment, Product Safety, Contaminant Fate and Transport, Industrial Hygiene, Geographic Information Systems, and Environmental/Forensic Chemistry. We employ sound science to assist national and global clients in resolving their complex problems relating to chemicals in the environment, in the workplace, and in consumer products. 

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