Climate change, a construction boom, and increased human density have led to a dramatic rise in rats in many parts of the northeastern United States. Rat poison is usually the main method for dealing with the problem — but these poisons are killing local wildlife, harming pets, and endangering young children, while not actually proving effective at reducing rodents.

In this presentation, environmental writer and advocate Laura Kiesel will review the facts about rodenticides, including their impacts on human health and the environment. She will also offer practical solutions that people in New Hampshire can undertake to protect their communities from these dangerous poisons.

7 to 8 p.m. via Zoom. To get the login details, register here. Please save the confirmation email you receive from Zoom to access at the time of the event. Closed captioning will be available. For more information, contact Susie Spikol.

Note: This event will be recorded. To ensure access to the recording, please register for this event, even if you cannot attend live. We will follow up with all registered participants when the recording is ready to view.

About Laura Kiesel

Academically trained as a wildlife biologist, Laura Kiesel is a naturalist, conservation advocate, and environmental journalist. Her articles and op-eds have appeared in Salon, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Earth Island Journal, Science, Inside Climate News, The Atlantic, and many other outlets.

She is the founder and director of the grassroot group Save Arlington Wildlife and the nonprofit Save Massachusetts Wildlife, both of which advocate for municipal and state level restrictions on rodenticides. Her forthcoming non-fiction book, Poisoned, explores the impacts of rodenticides in the United States.