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Confronting Toxics Webinar Series: Federal chemicals policy and the role of the healthcare professional in 2011
January 26, 2011
PSR will launch its Confronting Toxics Webinar Series on 1/26/11,
3:00 PM Eastern time, with a federal policy overview from Richard Denison PhD,
Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund, and Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director of the Safer
Chemicals Healthy Families coalition. Join us to learn how health professionals
can get involved in strengthening our chemical regulations.
Join us for this free, one-hour webinar geared specifically toward
healthcare professionals. Registration is required.
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After registering you will receive a confirmation email
containing information about how to participate in the Webinar.
System Requirements:
PC-based attendees: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Macintosh®-based
attendees: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
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For more information, please
contact Molly Rauch, PSR’s Senior Policy Analyst, at mrauch@psr.org.
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 »