Event
Children's Environmental Protection Alliance (Children's EPA) Community Forums
Protecting Schoolchildren from Environmental and Chemical Hazards
Protecting Schoolchildren from Environmental and Chemical Hazards
Date: June 11, 2011, Saturday
Place: Meeting Room at Semmes branch of the Mobile Public Library, Semmes Alabama
Time: 2:30-4:30 pm
Free Admission
Host and Moderator: Nancy Swan, Director of Children''s Environmental Protection Alliance (Children''s EPA)(NGO).
Guest Speakers:
Claire Barnett will speak about the ABC's of environmental problems in schools ("Asthma, Bugs, and Chemicals") and highlight the simple prevention steps that schools can take to reduce risks and reduce costs.
Ms. Barnett is founder and Exec.Dir.of Healthy Schools Network, Inc, Coordinator of Coalition for Healthier Schools, and in partnership with the EPA, coordinates National Healthy Schools Day annually. Claire Barnett, whose younger son was pesticide-injured at school while she served on a New York State Governor's commission, has a BA from Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA and a MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Ms. Barnett is founder and Exec.Dir.of Healthy Schools Network, Inc, Coordinator of Coalition for Healthier Schools, and in partnership with the EPA, coordinates National Healthy Schools Day annually. Claire Barnett, whose younger son was pesticide-injured at school while she served on a New York State Governor's commission, has a BA from Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA and a MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Dr. Anne Turner-Henson will give a presentation on the impact on child-health from exposure to poor environmental conditions and hazardous chemicals and address need for prevention in K-12 schools, Head Start programs, preschools, and for protection of special needs children.
Dr. Turner-Henson is a Professor at the University of Alabama School Of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Turner-Henson holds joint adjunct faculty appointments in the UAB Schools of Medicine (General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine) and Public Health (Maternal Child Health Division) and is a member of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee.
Downloadable poster/flyer <https://sites.google.com/site/childrensepa/home/cepa-community-forum/poster-children-s-environmental-protection-alliance---june-11-community-forum>
Contact: To register, ask questions, or post comments in advance, please email Nancy Swan at cepaorg@gmail.com,
Downloadable poster/flyer <https://sites.google.com/site/childrensepa/home/cepa-community-forum/poster-children-s-environmental-protection-alliance---june-11-community-forum>
Contact: To register, ask questions, or post comments in advance, please email Nancy Swan at cepaorg@gmail.com,
Write to: Children's EPA Community Forums, Attn. Nancy Swan 582 Summerlake Dr. E., Mobile, Alabama, 36608,
Phone and fax number: (251) 633-6728 cell (251) 366-1707
Thank you,
Phone and fax number: (251) 633-6728 cell (251) 366-1707
Thank you,
