Children's Health: Making the Connection to Environmental Pollution
Subject: Children's Health: Making the Connection to Environmental Pollution
Date:
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:59:41 -0500
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of
California, Department of Pesticide Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
The Healthy Environment Forum series is intended to bring
health professionals and environmentalists together to learn about emerging
issues, to build understanding and cooperation and to begin to forge consensus
about the linkages between some of
Oregon
's most difficult environmental and health challenges. The series is designed
for physicians and other health care providers, especially those in family
medicine and pediatrics and for environmental professionals.
The four events feature nationally regarded speakers on
topics related to the connection between environmental pollution and children's
health. Children are not just small adults; they are more susceptible to
environmental toxins because of their smaller size and the fact that their
bodies are developing. Our first speaker, Dr. Jerome Paulson, MD, associate
professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at
George
Washington
University
, will explain why children are more susceptible to environmental hazards. Dr.
Paulson, who is on staff at the Children's Environmental Health Network and
co-director of the
Mid-Atlantic
Center
for Children's Health and the Environment's Pediatric Environmental Health
specialty unit, will also discuss the state of scientific knowledge about
pollution threats to children and where participants might go for additional
information.
Sponsored by the Oregon Environmental Council, jointly
sponsored by Oregon Health and
Science
University
(CME credit is available), and in partnership with Physicians for Social
Responsibility, American Lung Association, Medical Society of Metropolitan
Portland
,
Multnomah County Health Department
,
Oregon
Asthma Network,
Oregon
Nurses Association, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon
Department of Health and Human Services, and
PSU
School
of Community Health.
Other series events:
April 18, 2002
: Pesticides: Exploring the Link to Children's Health Issues. Dr. Mark Miller,
MD.
May 2, 2002
: Heavy Metals: The Effects of Mercury and Other Chemicals on Fetal and Early
Childhood Development. Dr. Dan Hryhorczuk, MD.
May 23, 2002
: Air quality and Asthma: The Role of Environmental Triggers. Dr. Ira Tager, MD.
Location: Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 SW Salmon,
Portland
from
6-8pm
.
Cost: $25 per event ($20 for OEC members and employees of
nonprofit and governmental agencies) or $75 for the series.
Please RSVP to Cheryl Bristah at (503)222-1963 x100 or
cheryl@orcouncil.org by MARCH 1 to let us know if you will attend or sign up
on-line at www.orcouncil.org/partnerships/health/forum
If you would like to be included in our mailing list for continuing
information on pesticides, Email Us.
with "subscribe" in the subject line.
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