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OTA and TURI promote free confidential assistance, training and PFAS alternatives grants
Summary
Speakers from the Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance and the Toxics Use Reduction Institute reviewed free confidential technical assistance, training courses and grant-supported alternatives projects to help Massachusetts businesses reduce toxics, including PFAS.
The Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) told webinar attendees they provide free, confidential technical assistance, training and grants to help businesses reduce toxic chemical use and identify safer alternatives.
Tiffany Skogstrom, director of OTA, said OTA is a nonregulatory program created by the Toxics Use Reduction Act to provide confidential, free assistance. "We have conducted thousands of site visits at thousands of facilities, reducing millions of pounds of toxic chemicals and saving companies millions of dollars in operating costs," she said.
Skogstrom said OTA’s staff include chemists, engineers and public‑health…
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