You are invited to a public symposium with presentations from scientists studying the impacts of the 2025 fire at the Vistra battery storage facility in Moss Landing. Please register to attend by Zoom at this link. (There will also be participants in person, but space was limited and has already been filled.)

Presenters from EMBER will speak about metal concentrations in soils, water, and animals in Elkhorn Slough. Researchers from UCSC will report on metal concentrations in human hair and in dust and insects near residences, comparing values from areas near vs. far from the battery fire site. There will also be invited presentations from other researchers studying the fire. The presentations will be fairly technical but take-home messages will be summarized simply, and there will be ample time for questions from the audience. The symposium will conclude with an interactive panel discussion about lessons learned. Here is a draft agenda, still subject to change. Zoom link: Link