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Cell Phones and Health: what we know, what we don’t know, and what we need to know now
September 23, 2010
Washington, District of Columbia
Are cell phones safe? Why is it that many countries have issued warnings against cell phone use by children—including France, the UK, Canada, Indian, Russia, Germany, Finland, Belgium, and Israel— but not the U.S.? Join Devra Davis, PhD MPH, member of PSR’s Environmental Health Policy Institute, at a lecture presenting her new book, Disconnect: The Truth about Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family.
Devra Davis, PhD MPH
Science, Technology and International Affairs Maloy Lecture
Time: 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Place: Mortara Center, Georgetown University
RSVP: Free and open to the public, but please RSVP here or call (202) 687-8399
Resources
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Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user-friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health. Read more »
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Coal Ash: The Toxic Threat to Our Health and Environment
Coal ash, one of the dirtiest secrets in American energy production, burst into the U.S. consciousness three days before Christmas, 2008 when an earthen wall holding back a huge coal ash disposal pond failed at the coal-fired power plant in Kingston, Tennessee. Read more »
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Prenatal Exposures
How is the developing fetus vulnerable to toxic chemical exposures, and how can our regulatory system more effectively protect our health in the prenatal period? From PSR's Environmental Health Policy Institute. Read more »