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The Toxics Use Reduction Institute, housed at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, was established as part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ pollution prevention program. The Toxics use Reduction Act of 1989 established TURI and assigned the Institute the following mission:
Jack Luskin, Senior Associate Director at the Toxics Use Reduction Institute, is responsible for facilitating, managing and developing certification training for Toxics Use Reduction Planners in Massachusetts. He is also Director of University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Program for the Practice of Sustainability. His background includes working with the NIST Manufacturers Extension Partnership (MEP) where he facilitated annual meetings of MEP centers and developed a national training program linking Lean and Clean manufacturing. Jack has presented at international conferences on Sustainability in Supply Chains and serves as an advisor to the European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production. He is also on the editorial board of the international Journal of Cleaner Production. Dr. Luskin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, Masters’ degrees in Education and Radiological Health Physics, and a Doctorate in Training and Learning.
Anne Chalupka is a research assistant at the Toxics Use Reduction Institute, where she works with Dr. Luskin on this and other education projects. She is also a graduate student in the department of Regional Economic and Social Development at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she is writing her master’s thesis about the adoption of ‘green cleaning’ technology. Ms. Chalupka earned her bachelor’s degree in Modern Languages and Literature at Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
We are looking to educate people about how they can reduce serious health risks caused by simple every day household products by possibly substituting these products with other, non-toxic substances.
