Events of interest in September
If you're in the Boston area in September, consider coming to one of these two upcoming events!
President's Cancer Panel Comes to Harvard Law School
Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk in the Face of Uncertainty: A Conversation about the President’s Cancer Panel Report
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Ropes Gray Room, 2nd floor, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Please come for a conversation with Dr. Margaret Kripke, of the President’s Cancer Panel, about the Panel’s groundbreaking report, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, What We Can Do Now.
Learn about how the Panel selected this controversial topic, evaluated the evidence, and reached its conclusions and recommendations in the face of scientific uncertainty. This is an exciting opportunity for advocates, researchers, policy makers, public health officials, health care providers, and members of the public to come together to continue the lively discussion the report has generated and explore opportunities to apply the Panel’s recommendations.
The forum is free and open to the public. It is co-hosted by Harvard Law School’s Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Silent Spring Institute, Brown University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Commonweal.
Policies and Advocacy for Safer Chemicals, Healthier Communities
Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010
Time: 2:00-4:00 pm
Location: Room R115, Boston University School of Medicine Instructional Building, 72 E. Concord St., Boston, MA
Dr. Richard Clapp, Prof. Emeritus, Boston University School of Public Health
Cindy Luppi, Co-Director, Clean Water Action New England
Maria Valenti, Program Director, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
Chemicals in commerce are regulated by an array of federal and state laws. For the first time in over 30 years the federal Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA), which regulates over 80,000 substances, is under review. Learn how this and other federal and state chemical policies regulate and monitor – or not! – the chemicals and substances we encounter every day in our homes, workplaces, and communities
Health professionals are key advocates for the health of their patients and for their communities and society. Learn how you can contribute your expertise to educate decision makers at all levels, as well as your colleagues and patients, about health protective chemical policies.
Don’t miss inspiring stories from Dr. Clapp, who helped bring justice to families in Woburn, MA (the subject of the film “A Civil Action”), reveal the health effects of air pollution from power plants, bring benefits to veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and raise a voice for justice on numerous government policy advisory panels.
Hear from environmental health leaders who have worked for decades as change makers to help create a healthier world.
Organized by the Environmental Health Nursing Education Collaborative: www.ehnursing.org
Please RSVP to Greg Patts at gpatts@bu.edu.
