Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S. Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
(Photo of Dr. Birnbaum courtesy of NIEHS) |
EJ ISSUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE FEATURED ON NIEHS' ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR
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Greetings!
What are the emerging issues regarding environmental health in New York City? What are the Obama Administration's priorities for improving environmental health? Join WE ACT for Environmental Justice on Tuesday, April 13th for the answers to these questions, and to voice your concerns. The afternoon session of WE ACT's groundbreaking " Scientific Session & Community Dialogue" event will feature presentations from scientific researchers on emerging environmental health issues. The evening session will feature NIEHS Director, Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum, who plans to discuss the Obama Administration's goals for improving environmental health. The community forum will also feature a number of local scientist, advocates and researchers representing the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Services, WE ACT, the Mailman School of Public Health and the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan.
Where: Harlem School of the Arts 645 Saint Nicholas Avenue (bw 142nd and 143rd streets) New York, NY 10030 use A, B, C, D to 145th street
When: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Scientific Session 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Community Forum 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Childcare and Translation (Spanish) will be provided. ***To RSVP, please call or email Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman at
(347) 465-8483 or [email protected].*** |
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10 Ways to Improve New York City's Food System
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New York City is eating itself into an obese, diabetic and dangerously hot future. This is in part because the design, operation, maintenance and growth of the food system works against the city's interest of healthy and sustainable communities. Our promotion of fast food outlets and highly processed food products has resulted in a runaway epidemic of obesity and diet-related diseases, such as diabetes and coronary heart disease. Our poor food distribution practices have given rise to the oxymoronic coexistence of food deserts and obesity in the South Bronx - according to The New York Times. Adding to our public health problems, our food practices have added to the rising global temperatures and climate change. Overall, the U.S. food system produces 20% of U.S. greenhouse gases (GHGs). Read more... | |
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