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| This e-bulletin lists news and journal articles, organizational reports, calls for proposals, upcoming events and other items related to fertility, reproductive health and the environment. E-bulletins are archived and searchable on our website: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/fertility |
CHE-Fertility Highlights
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Join us for the next CHE-Fertility Call, "Flame Retardants: Emerging Science and Policy Considerations," co-hosted with the Women's Health and the Environment Initiative.
** Thursday, April 15, at 12 PM Pacific / 3 PM Eastern**
Since the 1970s, flame retardants have been added to a variety of consumer products including electronics, foam furniture, and children's pajamas. These persistent pollutants are ubiquitous in the environment and accumulate in wildlife, pets, and human blood and breast milk. Animal studies indicate that flame retardants can affect neurological development, thyroid function, and reproduction. How might flame retardants impact human health? Are some people disproportionately exposed? Do less toxic alternatives exist? How can the emerging research inform chemicals policy reform?
Join the CHE-Fertility Working Group and Women's Health and Environment Initiative (WHEI) for a joint call on Thursday, April 15, at 12 PM Pacific / 3 PM Eastern to explore these questions. On this call, we will discuss the latest science linking flame retardants to reproductive health and development, and opportunities for reducing exposure. This call will be moderated by Sarah Dunagan, Staff Scientist, Silent Spring Institute.
Featured speakers include:
- Ami Zota, Sc.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, University of California, San Francisco
- Kim Harley, Ph.D., Associate Director for Health Effects, Center for Children's Environmental Health Research, University of California, Berkeley
- Julie Herbstman, Ph.D., Sc.M., Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, Columbia University
- Arlene Blum, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
To RSVP and receive dial-in information for this call, please email Julia Varshavsky, CHE-Fertility Coordinator, at julia@healthandenvironment.org or Cassidy Randall, Program and Outreach Associate for Women's Voices for the Earth, at cassidy@womenandenvironment.org.
Sign-up for the March 30th CHE-Alaska call, Environmental Contaminants and Reproductive Health: Reasons for Concern
Chemicals
that mimic hormones and interfere with fertility, reproduction and
development of the brain are found in many common consumer products and
the environment. Join CHE Alaska on Tuesday, March 30th at 9:00 AM Alaska / 10 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern
for a discussion of the latest science on everyday exposures to toxic
chemicals linked to adverse human health effects and the need for
chemicals policy reform at the state and national level to protect
present and future generations. Grassroots campaigns across the nation
are working to reduce exposures by removing the worst offenders. Find
out about the efforts in the Alaska State Legislature to phase out
certain chemicals and what you can do to help. More info
Guest Speakers: - Dr. Sarah Janssen is
a staff scientist in the health program at Natural Resources Defense
Council. She is board-certified in Occupational and Environmental
Medicine and has a PhD in Reproductive Physiology from the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Jane Kava
is a trilingual Inupiat Eskimo and Mayor of Savoonga, a Yupik village
on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. She is also a Community Health
Researcher for Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) and formerly
served as a Community Health Aide in Savoonga.
For
more information or to join this free call and receive dial-up
instructions, please RSVP to Alaska Community Action on Toxics at
907-222-7714 or diana@akaction.org
Health Professionals - Register for tomorrow's ARHP webinar on the Environmental Impacts of Pesticides on Reproductive Health
At the conclusion of this free webinar, scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9am PT / Noon ET and sponsored by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, participants will be able to 1)
discuss how pesticide exposure can affect the reproductive health of
both women and men, 2) identify the critical windows of susceptibility
during which pesticide exposures can affect both female and male
reproduction and reproductive outcomes, 3) counsel patients about their
specific risks and the steps they can take to reduce their risks, and
4) refer patients for additional information about pesticide exposure
and reproductive health risks. Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, will lead the
webinar. One continuing education credit is available for physicians,
nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and others. Register for this call
New CHE Blog
CHE
has launched a blog to promote dialogue on issues at the intersection
of human health and environment. Main blog posts are invited essays
from CHE partners. Comments and discussion are welcome from all. http://ourhealthandenvironment.wordpress.com/
CHE on Facebook
In
addition to a new blog, CHE has also created a Facebook page to be
updated several times a week with CHE announcements, important new
reports and news and other information that may be of interest to our
Partners. We invite you to visit and join the Facebook page.
Join the CDC's effort to develop a National Action Plan on Infertility Prevention, Detection, and Management.
The CDC is leading an effort, in collaboration with key
stakeholders, to develop a National Action Plan on Infertility Prevention, Detection, and Management. The issues are highlighted in a
white paper by an agency-wide ad hoc working group that began in 2007
and published their findings in 2008. Subsequently, they hosted a
Symposium on Infertility as a Public Health Issue at CDC in Atlanta in
Sept 2008, and have received stakeholder comment through November 2009
to produce in December 2009 an Outline for a National Action Plan for the Prevention, Detection and Management of Infertility.
There are several working groups that are forming to address key issues
regarding infertility and to move forward a National Action Plan. These
include the Surveillance Working Group, Research Working Group, Policy
Working Group, Infectious Disease Working Group, Environmental and
Occupational Exposures Working Group, Male Infertility Working Group,
and Fertility Preservation Working Group.
Dr. Linda Giudice,
Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive
Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and founding
CHE-Fertility partner, is co-chairing the Environmental and
Occupational Exposures Working Group, whose charge is summarized on
pages 14-17 of the outline. If you would like to participate in this important and transformative effort, please contact Nina Larsen at ncl5@cdc.gov.
Check out NRDC's blog on environment issues, Switchboard: The Environment is Now Open. Plug In.
Sarah Janssen, MD, PhD, MPH, CHE-Fertility partner and Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, contributes to Switchboard on issues around toxic chemical pollution, regulation and public health. Her recent posts include discussions about new approaches to testing and regulation with regard to chemicals linked to breast cancer and about the FDA's long overdue announcement of concern on BPA safety. Link to blog
New Factsheets on PVC and Reproductive Health from CHEJ
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice recently created a series of new PVC-free schools fact-sheets to help educate
parents, students and decision-makers on the dangers of PVC plastic, including potential reproductive health and developmental impacts. Link to factsheets
Help ARHP Win Support for Two Important Services What can
you accomplish with just two clicks online? You can help ARHP win
$50,000 to support two innovative reproductive health projects. ARHP is
in the running to win two grants for the following projects through the
Pepsi Refresh program:- a series of interactive webinars where
an expert will offer practical guidance and answer questions on making
your home, school, office, and community safer. You can vote today and every day through March.
- keeping the DC and Oakland Stewart Centers equipped and available for
progressive groups and adding additional training sessions for
reproductive health professionals. The Stewart Centers are a working
tribute to ARHP's former board chair, Felicia Stewart, MD, who
dedicated her career to connecting progressive organizations and
helping them collectively leverage their work. You can vote today and every day through March. For more information, please visit http://www.arhp.org
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Media Spotlight
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Are we gaining ground on translating environmental health science into clinical practice and public policy? You bet, but we still have a ways to go.
In a recent online article published by The Pump Handle called "Systematising the evidence base: a key strategy for bringing more environmental health science into clinical practice and public health policy," Paul Whaley correctly describes the gap between environmental health science and clinical practice as a conflict between animal and human observational studies and randomized control trials (RCTs). The healthcare service industry relies on RCTs, a type of scientific experiment that tests the efficacy or effectiveness of pharmaceuticals and other technologies on patients. But as Whaley writes, "it is unethical to expose humans for research purposes to a substance
suspected of causing harm, so the RCT is almost always off-limits for
environmental health researchers."
Instead, environmental health scientists rely on laboratory experiments, in addition to wildlife and human observational studies to understand the potential health impacts of a variety of chemicals. These studies have proven reliable in predicting harm in several cases, but many feel that in order for health professionals to trust environmental health science, a systematic and transparent methodology to weight the scientific evidence needs to be created. As Paul Whaley writes, an effort to do just that has been put in motion by Dr. Tracey Woodruff, Director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at the University of California, San Francisco. CHE-Fertility has been an instrumental partner in this effort, along with other leading organizations, and we continue to move this work forward.
In August 2009, our collaborative team hosted the Workshop on Navigating the Scientific Evidence to Ensure Prevention. We recapped this workshop for CHE partners who were not in attendance during a CHE Partnership Call that took place on November 11, 2009, which was recorded for those of you interested in hearing more about this project. We hope the conversation around how to incorporate environmental health science into clinical practice and public health policy will continue and broaden to include more voices, and are pleased to see this coverage by The Pump Handle. Link to Paul Whaley's article.
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News, Science and Useful Resources
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Below you will find recent news, science, and other resources, gleaned from the CHE Fertility Online Library, hosted by Environmental Health News, and the CHE daily news feed.
Investigation of relationships between urinary biomarkers of phytoestrogens, phthalates, and phenols and pubertal stages in girls. Weak hormonally active xenobiotic agents investigated in this study had
small associations with pubertal development, mainly among those agents
detected at highest concentrations. Environmental Health Perspectives. 22 March 2010.
Infertility treatments may raise preterm birth risk. Couples who conceive through certain types of infertility treatment may
have a higher-than-normal likelihood of having a premature baby, a new
study suggests. Reuters Health. 19 March 2010.
Researchers conducting a study of phthalate exposure and breast
cancer among Mexican women reported that metabolites of one type of
phthalate are associated with at least twice the risk of breast cancer,
while other types appear to lower risk. After adjusting for other
risk factors, women in the highest third of exposure to MEP had twice
the risk of breast cancer relative to women in the lowest third. Among
premenopausal women, those with high exposure had a 4-fold increased
risk of breast cancer. 19 March 2010. More...
Berkeley scientist's herbicide studies raise corporate hackles.
Accusations are flying over the latest University of California,
Berkeley study on the effects of a widely-used weed killer on amphibian
sexuality. And Tyrone Hayes, who conducted the study, believes it is
only the tip of the iceberg. New York Times. 18 March 2010.
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Testosterone in girls' brains offers clue to autism's cause.
Girls with higher testosterone levels at birth are more likely to have
poor communication skills and social difficulties at age 10, Australian
scientists have discovered. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. 15 March 2010.
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Childhood weight tied to endometriosis risk.
- Being thin in childhood and adolescence increases a woman's
likelihood of developing a painful disorder of the reproductive system
called endometriosis. Reuters Health. 13 March 2010.
Dramatic decline of male births in indigenous communities tied to industrial pollution.
Research in 2007 showing skewed birth ratios in the villages of
northern Greenland exposed earlier studies that found indigenous
mothers living in the northern most reaches of the Arctic Circle were
giving birth to daughters. Indian Country Today. 13 March 2010.
Women who use the Pill can expect to live longer, Royal College of GPs finds.
Research involving 46,000 British women over nearly 40 years has
confirmed that the birth-control Pill is not linked to long-term health
risks from cancer or heart disease, according to the report in the
British Medical Journal. London Times, United Kingdom. 12 March 2010.
Babies born to women with higher levels of the herbicide metolachlor
in their babies' umbilical cord blood weighed less than babies born to
women with lower measured levels of the pesticide. Metolachlor is a
weed killer that is applied to soil to prevent the growth of weeds. It
is widely used in agriculture and along roadsides. Metolachlor is
frequently found in ground water due to agricultural runoff. 10 March
2010. More...
Yale study details how and why of BPA's dangers.
Exposing a female fetus to a chemical found in plastics causes
permanent changes in a daughter's uterus that might result in cancer -
and a research team led by a Yale doctor has figured out why. New Haven Register, Connecticut. 9 March 2010.
Researcher: Pesticide 'castrates' male frogs.
Atrazine is widely used as weedkiller on American farms. And a new
study shows this common chemical may have gender-bending effects on
frogs. All Things Considered, NPR. 8 March 2010.
Kids born via IVF mostly faring well into adulthood.
Young adults who were conceived through in-vitro fertilization are
doing as well as the average young American as far as physical health,
though their rates of certain psychological problems appear elevated, a
new study finds. Reuters Health. 8 March 2010.
Cigarette smoking may raise prostate cancer risk.
Cigarette smoking may increase a man's risk for developing and dying
from prostate cancer, pooled data from 24 studies involving 21,600 men
with the disease indicates. Reuters Health. 4 March 2010.
Study: Herbicide upsetting some animals' hormone systems.
A new study shows that male frogs exposed to the herbicide atrazine --
commonly found in U.S. rivers and streams -- can make a startling
developmental U-turn, turning female so completely that they can mate
with other males and lay viable eggs. Washington Post. 2 March 2010.
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Science versus theology: the bisphenol A debate continues. If
you thought the scientific debate about bisphenol A was over or even
quieting down, you haven't been reading the latest issues of
Toxicological Sciences. The Pump Handle. 2 March 2010.Linking male infertility and disease risks. Little is known about the underlying causes of male infertility, even
though it occurs as often as infertility in women. Now, scientists are
focusing on genetic defects to help explain the condition. Wall Street Journal. 2 March 2010.
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Pesticide exposure deprives Yaquis of breastfeeding.
Long-term research finds that pesticides have prevented some daughters
of mothers exposed to pesticide spraying from being able to breast-feed
their babies. Some daughters lacked development of the mammary tissue
needed to produce milk. Indian Country Today. 28 February 2010.
Country's infertility rate 'on the rise'.
China appears to be suffering from rising infertility levels, with a
number of regional surveys showing up to 10 percent of couples who have
regular sex being unable to conceive within a year, reproduction
experts have said. Shanghai Daily, China. 27 February 2010.
Fertility problems may not affect kids' coordination.
Despite some concerns to the contrary, parents' fertility problems may
have little effect on their children's risk of coordination problems as
they reach school age, a new study finds. Reuters Health. 27 February 2010.
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Announcements
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A daily news feed with these announcements is now
available on CHE's website:
http://www.healthandenvironment.org/news/announce.
Job opening: Falls Church, Virginia.
The Center For Health, Environment and Justice has an opening for a coordinator for its Childproofing Our Communities Campaign which works to protect children from exposure to environmental health hazards where they live, learn, play and pray.
Read more
Job opening: Washington, DC. The
nationally accredited journalism program of The School of Communication
at American University is seeking an experienced journalist with a
strong record/expertise in health, science, and/or environmental
journalism for a tenure-track position beginning in August 2010.
Read more
Job opening: Los Angeles, California.
Occidental
College invites applications for a one-year full-time visiting position
at the assistant professor level for the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
semesters in the Urban and Environmental Policy (UEP) Program. All
materials are due by April 1, 2010. Read more
Job opening: New York State.
The Center for Health, Environment & Justice is seeking a part-time campaign organizer for a new New York State campaign to green schools inside and out. Position can be located at a home office, with frequent travel to Albany, New York City and other targeted urban areas or college campuses. Read more
Job opening: Oakland, California.
Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice (ACRJ) is seeking an energetic, organized, motivated individual with experience in grassroots organizing and movement building to join our team as the EMERJ Movement Building Manager. Read more
Job opening: Wenatchee, Washington.
The Chelan-Douglas Health District has an opening for an environmental health specialist to conduct routine public health inspections, review facility designs for code compliance and more. The position will stay open until filled. Read more
National Public Health Week, April 5 - 11, 2010.
The week's theme is "A Healthier America: One Community at a Time." Read more
Join the National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures.
The agenda will outline how the United States can meet public health
goals and achieve the National Conversation's vision that the United
States will use and manage chemicals in ways that are safe and healthy
for all people. Read more
EPA launches web forum on how to best protect America's waters.
For a two- week period, EPA is holding a web discussion forum on how
the nation can better manage some of the most significant water
pollution problems facing our nation. Read more
EPA makes chemical information more accessible to public for the first time, TSCA chemical inventory free of charge online.
EPA is providing web access, free of charge, to the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory. This inventory
contains a consolidated list of thousands of industrial chemicals
maintained by the agency. Read more
The Researcher's Perspective podcast series.
Each month, Environmental Health Perspectives publishes a new podcast.
Listen to environmental health science's foremost researchers as they
discuss the motivation and vision behind their research as well as the
implications for human health. Read more
EPA announces environmental justice video contest: Faces of the Grassroots.
The Faces of the Grassroots contest is an opportunity to publicly exhibit creativity with environmental justice stories, and connect with others working to raise awareness of the movement. Read more
New policy statement: American Chemical Society on endocrine disruptors.
The American Chemical Society strongly endorses expanded endocrine disruptor education and research and the development of more effective science-based decision-making tools and methods for reducing and eliminating exposures of humans and the environment. Read more
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Calendar of Events & Submission Deadlines
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Online Calendar. These and more upcoming events and proposal/abstract deadlines are listed in the CHE-Fertility searchable calendar.
1) Lecture: Environmental Speaker Series - Dr. Linda Birnbaum, NIEHS
Tuesday March 23, 2010
6:00 p.m. reception, 7:00 p.m. lecture
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
at the University of North Carolina Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theater
Sponsor: University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment
The IE Environmental Speaker Series is a seminar series that brings
an important environmental researcher to the UNC campus once per
semester. This event is open to the public.
Price: free
Visit the website
Contact: Josh Meyer, josh_meyer@unc.edu
2) Teleconference/Webcast: EPA Grants Award Process Webinar
Thursday April 1, 2010
2:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's Office of Grants and Debarment is hosting a webinar for the
EPA grants community. If you are interested in applying for EPA grants
or are currently managing an EPA grant, please consider attending this
one hour webinar. The webinar will cover grants topics, including how
to find and apply for grant opportunities, an update on the status of
Grants.gov, and preparing a proper budget detail.
Price: free
Visit the website
Contact: Elizabeth January, 617-918-1315 or january.elizabeth@epa.gov
3) Teleconference/Webcast: First National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures Web Dialogue
Monday through Wednesday, April 5 - 7, 2010
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National
Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in collaboration with the American Public
Health Association (APHA), Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials (ASTHO), and the National Association of County and City
Health Officials (NACCHO)
You're invited to discuss your views, concerns and ideas regarding
public health and chemical exposures as part of the two-year National
Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures. The National
Conversation aims to strengthen the nation's approach to protecting the
public from harmful chemical exposures. Everyone who has an interest in
this subject is welcome to join the conversation. Your ideas will help
the National Conversation Leadership Council create an action agenda
for achieving the National Conversation vision that the United States
will use and manage chemicals in ways that are safe and healthy for all
people. This is the first of three National Conversation web dialogues.
Price: free
Visit the website
4) Teleconference/Webcast: Slow Death By Rubber Duck Webinar
Tuesday April 6, 2010
5:00 p.m. Pacific time / 8:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Studies show that harmful toxic chemicals are common in household
items, including rubber ducks and bubble bath, and that many of these
chemicals are also found inside of our bodies. Over a four-day period, Slow Death By Rubber Duck
authors Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie used everyday household products
suspected of causing harm to our ecosystem and to human health. By
revealing the pollution load in their bodies before and after the
experiment, Rick and Bruce tell a unique inside story of common toxins
and body burden. On the April 6 Webinar, author and Executive Director
of Environmental Defence Canada Rick Smith will read from Slow Death By Rubber Duck,
and we'll discuss toxic chemicals found in products as common as hand
soap and what you can do to protect your family and the planet.
Preregistration is required. The recorded webinar will be available on
the Safe Cosmetics website after the event.
Price: free
Visit the website
5) Training/Workshop: Perfecting Environmental Communication with the Public, Press, and Industry
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 6 - 7, 2010
Seattle, Washington
at EOS Alliance (NWETC) Headquarters, 650 South Orcas Street, Suite 220
Sponsor: EOS Alliance
A well-designed public relations program can supercharge your
organization's image, reputation and success. During this intensive
two-day course, you will obtain a fundamental background on the key
issues, concepts and practice of effective communications and media
relations, with the focus on environmental projects. The course is
designed to provide participants with an insight on fundamentals and
practicalities behind public-relations practice in the context of
protocol functions and communications planning.
Price: $495/*$395 for Native American tribes; government employees;
nonprofits; students; and AFS, NAEP, NEBC, NWAEP members; a $50
early-bird savings applies to registrations received by March 5, 2010
Visit the website
Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
6) Lecture: Understanding Environmental Risk Factors for Neural Tube Defects
Thursday April 8, 2010
12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the University of Washington School of Public Health, room T-435
Sponsor: University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The speaker will be Richard H. Finnell, PhD, Margaret M. Alkek
Professor of Medical Genetics, Regents Professor, Institute of
Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, and
executive director of the Texas A&M Institute for Genomic Medicine.
Price: free
Visit the website
7) Request for Proposals: NCMHD Disparities Research and Education Advancing Mission (DREAM) Career Transition Award (K22)
Deadline: Letters of Intent are due Saturday April 24, 2010
Sponsor: US Department of Health and Human Services / National
Institutes of Health, National Center on Minority Health and Health
Disparities
This purpose of the NCMHD DREAM Career Transition Award (K22) is to
facilitate the transition of early-stage investigators working in
health disparities or areas that address health disparity conditions
and populations from the mentored stage of career development to the
independent stage of investigator-initiated health disparities
research. The program will provide an opportunity for investigators to
develop solid research skills during the initial period of up to two
years of study and research within the environment of the NIH
Intramural Research Programs located at the NIH.
Award: up to $200,000 per individual
Visit the website
8) Request for Proposals: Exploring New Air Pollution - Health Effects Links in Existing Datasets
Deadline: Tuesday April 27, 2010
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science
to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing to
use existing datasets from health studies to analyze health outcomes
for which the link to air pollution is not well established, or to
evaluate underlying heterogeneity in health responses among subgroups
defined by susceptibility or extent and/or composition of exposure.
Award: up to a total of $300,000, including direct and indirect costs, with a maximum duration of 3 years
Visit the website
Contact: see the website
9) Request for Proposals: Environmental Health Science Innovation Fund
Deadline: Monday May 3, 2010
Sponsor: Passport Foundation
Through its Science Innovation Fund, Passport Foundation provides
modest support for US-based scientific research projects that
demonstrate strong potential for significantly advancing the
environmental health science needed to promulgate effective chemicals
regulation, public health policies and clinical care
policies/practices. Priority in this funding initiative will be given
to research projects that have a significant link to an ongoing or
future policy debate.
Award: $5,000 - $50,000
Visit the website
Contact: info@passportfoundation.org
10) Call for Abstracts: 2010 ASRM Annual Meeting
Deadline: Monday May 3, 2010
Sponsor: American Society for Reproductive Medicine
All abstracts and video descriptive summaries must be received through the electronic submitter program.
Visit the website
11) Training/Workshop: California's Toxics Information Clearinghouse: Scientific Approaches to Implementation
Monday and Tuesday, May 10 - 11, 2010
Berkeley, California
at UC Berkeley
Sponsor: UCLA Law and Environmental Health Sustainable Technology
Policy Program, the UC Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, and the
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), with primary
funding from the UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program.
The second of two workshops, this will address indicators of exposure potential, ecotoxicity and other environmental effects.
Price: unknown
Visit the website
Contact: Sara Hoover of OEHHA, shoover@oehha.ca.gov
12) Training/Workshop: California's Toxics Information Clearinghouse: Scientific Approaches to Implementation
Wednesday and Thursday, May 12 - 13, 2010
Berkeley, California
at UC Berkeley
Sponsor: UCLA Law and Environmental Health Sustainable Technology
Policy Program, the UC Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, and the
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), with primary
funding from the UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program
The second of two workshops, this will address indicators of exposure potential, ecotoxicity and other environmental effects.
Price: unknown
Visit the website
Contact: Sara Hoover of OEHHA, shoover@oehha.ca.gov
13) Conference/Seminar: ACOG's 58th Annual Clinical Meeting
Saturday through Wednesday, May 15 - 19, 2010
San Francisco, California
at the Moscone Center
Sponsor: American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists/American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
The plenary sessions for this year's program include the following
topics: 1) the preservation of fertility in cancer patients, 2) current
recommendations for the management of patients with gestational
diabetes, 3) the problem of late preterm birth, 4) the status of
women's healthcare internationally, 5) the current approach for the use
of hormone replacement therapy, 6) the efforts to promote patient
safety internationally, 7) the impact of health care reform on the
future practice of obstetrics and gynecology, and 8) the role of
robotic surgery for treatment of cancer in women.
Price: see the Registration page
Visit the website
14) Conference/Seminar: 2nd All Africa Environmental Health Congress
Monday through Thursday, May 24 - 27, 2010
Lilongwe, Malawi
at the Crossroads Hotel
Sponsor: International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) in
collaboration with the Government of Malawi and the University of Malawi
The conference theme is "Environmental Health - Key to a Better Life
for All", and the vision of this congress is the improvement of the
standards of environmental health in Africa. Objectives are to 1) raise
the profile of environmental health in Africa, 2) share best practices
of environmental health services delivery in Africa, 3) enhance
inter-country collaboration in environmental health practice, 4)
address the training needs of environmental health, 4) promote the
environmental health needs of children in Africa and 5) promote
environmental health research.
Price: see the Registration page
Visit the website
Contact: 265 187 7592 or washted@poly.ac.mw
15) Conference/Seminar: Nevada Environmental Health Association Annual Educational Conference
Tuesday through Thursday, July 27 - 29, 2010
Las Vegas, Nevada
Sponsor: Nevada Environmental Health Association
Information about the conference will be posted on the website.
Price: unknown
Visit the website
Contact: see the Contact page
16) Conference/Seminar: Reproductive Health 2010
Wednesday through Saturday, September 22 - 25, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Sponsor: Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP),
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), and Society of Family
Planning (SFP) Information will be posted on the website.
Visit the website
Contact: Marlo Polonsky, SFP grants officer, 866-584-6758 ext. 302 or mpolonsky@societyfp.org 17) Conference/Seminar: American Society for Reproductive Medicine 66th Annual Meeting
Saturday through Wednesday, October 23 - 27, 2010
Denver, Colorado
at the Colorado Convention Center
Sponsor: American Society for Reproductive Medicine
The call for abstracts is currently open on the website.
Price: unknown
Visit the website
18) Conference/Seminar: 138th Annual APHA Meeting & Exposition
Saturday through Wednesday, November 6 - 10, 2010
Denver, Colorado
at the Colorado Convention Center Sponsor: American Public Health Association The conference theme is "Social Justice: A Public Health
Imperative." The social circumstances in which we are born, live, and
work, play a greater role in longevity and overall health in the United
States than genes, health insurance and access to health services.
Annual Meeting sessions will explore why certain populations bear a
disproportionate burden of disease and mortality and what the public
health community can do to better address the causes of these
inequities. Price: see the Registration Fees page Visit the website Contact: APHA, 202-777-APHA
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Please email Julia Varshavsky, CHE's Fertility/Reproductive Health Working Group Coordinator, at julia@healthandenvironment.org with any questions, comments, or suggestions.
If you would like to join the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) and the Fertility/Reproductive Health Working Group, please complete the application on the CHE website: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/application. Joining CHE means receiving up to four email messages a month from the CHE National listserv. CHE costs nothing to join and the benefit is shared information and opportunities for further engagement, if you choose. Be sure to mark that you want to join the CHE Fertility/Reproductive Health Working Group at the bottom of the application.
Julia Varshavsky
Collaborative on Health and the Environment
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