[SustainableTompkins] THE ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE OF CHILDREN Ithaca NY Nov14 2006, 6-8pm

[Michael Burns]

THE ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE OF CHILDREN:
How Early-life Exposures to
Environmental Contaminants
Threaten Our Children’s Health and Development
&
What We Can Do About It
 
An Evening Presentation by

Dr. Sandra Steingraber,

Nationally Recognized Biologist;
Author of Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood
Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment
Contributing Editor of Orion Magazine; Resident of Tompkins County
 
November 14, 2006, 6-8 PM
Women’s Community Building
100 W. Seneca St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
 
There is no charge, but please pre-register so that we may have  
sufficient handouts for all attendees (see second page of  
announcement).

Registration Form: The Environmental Life of Children
  
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Please mail, fax or email registraion to: 
Early Childhood Direction Center
Southern Tier Independence Center, 24 Prospect Ave., Binghamton, NY  
13901
Phone or TTY: 607-724-2111
Fax: 607-772-3615
E-Mail: ecdc at stic-cil.org
 
Sponsors and Supporters Include:
Early Childhood Direction Center, Mid-South Region
Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network of South Central New York
Social Justice Committee of Ithaca Friends Meeting
Cornell Agricultural Health and Safety Program
Sustainable Tompkins                 
EcoVillage               
The Bookery II
The Day Care and Child Development Council of Tompkins County
GreenStar Cooperative Market
Tompkins County Health Department Lead Program
 
"Many factors contribute to asthma, learning disabilities, birth  
defects, developmental delays, attention deficit disorders, premature  
puberty, and childhood cancers.  Genetic and social factors certainly  
play a role, but evidence reviewed by the American Academy of  
Pediatrics and the National Academy of Sciences also implicates toxic  
chemicals.  Environmental exposures take on great importance because  
they can be prevented.
 
 From mercury in tuna fish to lead in house dust, from pesticides to  
dry-cleaning solvents, this public presentation focuses on chemical  
substances that sabotage child development and raise the risk for harm.
 
Children are environmentally vulnerable.  Pound for pound, they breathe  
more air, drink more water, and eat more food than we adults.  Find out  
how can we make their world safe."
 
Dr. Steingraber
 
 

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