For Earth Week 2026, Politics Forum presents “Forever Chemicals: The Problem, Policy, and Prognosis for PFAS in New Jersey” with Ed Potosnak, Acting Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, on April 23, 2026 at 11:00 am to 12:20 pm in Physics Room 101. Sponsored by the TCNJ School of Science, TCNJ Environmental Sustainability Council, and TCNJ Environmental Studies Program.
Join us for the final Politics Forum of the year to hear from Ed Potosnak, Acting Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. He will talk about the nature of PFAS (“forever chemicals”) in New Jersey, state policies regulating PFAS and the future of PFAS mitigation in our backyard. Potosnak previously served as executive director of the NJ League of Conservation Voters and on the board of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. He also is a former chemistry teacher.