Research and Advocacy Initiatives to Curb The Health Impacts of Environmental Contaminants Webinar on December 9

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 4:00 PM until 5:05 PM

Global Health University offers free webinars with leading experts in global health and social entrepreneurship.

What are safer environmental practices that can be adopted by doctors and hospitals? How do flame retardants, asbestos, and lead in homes, schools, and work places impact health? What is the effect of industrial agriculture? What are advocacy strategies to eliminate the health impacts of environmental contaminants?  Learn from leading experts about the health impacts of environmental contaminants. 

Day and Time: Wednesday, December 9, 4-5pm Eastern Time

Webinar Panelists:​
  • Gary Cohen, President and Co-Founder, Health Care Without Harm
  • Avery Lindeman, Deputy Director, Green Science Policy Institute
  • Keeve Nachman, Program Director, Food Production & Public Health Program, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Peter Rabinowitz, Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; Associate Professor, Global Health; Adjunct Associate Professor, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Public Health
  • Linda Reinstein, President and CEO and Co-Founder, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
  • Moderated by Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and CEO, Unite For Sight

Registration is no longer available because the registration deadline has passed.