Measuring Chemicals in People: Promises & Pitfalls
Wednesday, May 30, 2007, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Measuring Chemicals in People: Promises and Pitfalls, A forum sponsored by the Massachusetts Public Health Association's Environmental and Occupational Health Section, Co-sponsored by the Boston University Superfund Basic Research Program at the MPHA offices, 434 Jamaicaway, Boston. Speakers: Tom Webster , DSc, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health; Jessica Nelson , MPH, Conference Coordinator, Boston Consensus Conference on Biomonitoring. Biomonitoring is the practice of measuring chemicals in people's bodies. As the technology has improved, biomonitoring is increasingly being used by health agencies and advocacy organizations, with California just establishing the first statewide surveillance program. This meeting will provide an overview of biomonitoring -- what it is and how it's being used -- as well as address some of the significant ethical and policy questions raised by this issue.
For more information, contact Eric Weltman, MPHA: 617-524-6696, ext. 111; eweltman@mphaweb.org Directions available on the MPHA web site
Measuring Chemicals in People: Promises and Pitfalls, A forum sponsored by the Massachusetts Public Health Association's Environmental and Occupational Health Section, Co-sponsored by the Boston University Superfund Basic Research Program at the MPHA offices, 434 Jamaicaway, Boston. Speakers: Tom Webster , DSc, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health; Jessica Nelson , MPH, Conference Coordinator, Boston Consensus Conference on Biomonitoring. Biomonitoring is the practice of measuring chemicals in people's bodies. As the technology has improved, biomonitoring is increasingly being used by health agencies and advocacy organizations, with California just establishing the first statewide surveillance program. This meeting will provide an overview of biomonitoring -- what it is and how it's being used -- as well as address some of the significant ethical and policy questions raised by this issue.
For more information, contact Eric Weltman, MPHA: 617-524-6696, ext. 111; eweltman@mphaweb.org Directions available on the MPHA web site
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