What's In Our Bodies?
January 23, 2008
9:45 am
A Forum on Women's Health
January 23rd, 2008 9:45 -- 12:30 PM
State House Great Hall
Scientific research reveals that each of us ( even newborns *) have hundreds of chemicals in our bodies from exposures in air, water and food, and products we use every day. Many of them are associated with health conditions like cancer, infertility and reproductive problems, asthma and other chronic conditions and developmental disorders and disabilities. See www.bodyburden.org
Come to this forum to learn about the unique impact of these exposures on women's health.
Hear From Experts in the Following Panels
10 AM - "Systems Interrupted: How Chemicals in Our Daily Lives are Linked to Cancer, Infertility and Other Diseases"
11 AM - "Unequal Exposures: The Burdens of Toxic Chemicals on Women in Lower Income Communities of Color"
Co-Sponsored By: Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow , Asthma and Allergy Foundation/ New England Chapter, BOLD Teens, Boston Urban Asthma Coalition, Chelsea Collaborative, Clean Water Action, Healthy Mother's Healthy Babies Coalition of MA, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition, MassCOSH, MA Public Health Association, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Silent Spring Institute, Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project, Women's Community Cancer Project, Women of Courage
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*In a study spearheaded by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in collaboration with Commonweal, researchers at two major laboratories found an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood from 10 babies born in August and September of 2004 in U.S. hospitals. Tests revealed a total of 287 chemicals in the group. The umbilical cord blood of these 10 children, collected by Red Cross after the cord was cut, harbored pesticides, consumer product ingredients, and wastes from burning coal, gasoline, and garbage.
January 23rd, 2008 9:45 -- 12:30 PM
State House Great Hall
Scientific research reveals that each of us ( even newborns *) have hundreds of chemicals in our bodies from exposures in air, water and food, and products we use every day. Many of them are associated with health conditions like cancer, infertility and reproductive problems, asthma and other chronic conditions and developmental disorders and disabilities. See www.bodyburden.org
Come to this forum to learn about the unique impact of these exposures on women's health.
Hear From Experts in the Following Panels
10 AM - "Systems Interrupted: How Chemicals in Our Daily Lives are Linked to Cancer, Infertility and Other Diseases"
11 AM - "Unequal Exposures: The Burdens of Toxic Chemicals on Women in Lower Income Communities of Color"
Co-Sponsored By: Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow , Asthma and Allergy Foundation/ New England Chapter, BOLD Teens, Boston Urban Asthma Coalition, Chelsea Collaborative, Clean Water Action, Healthy Mother's Healthy Babies Coalition of MA, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition, MassCOSH, MA Public Health Association, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Silent Spring Institute, Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project, Women's Community Cancer Project, Women of Courage
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*In a study spearheaded by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in collaboration with Commonweal, researchers at two major laboratories found an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood from 10 babies born in August and September of 2004 in U.S. hospitals. Tests revealed a total of 287 chemicals in the group. The umbilical cord blood of these 10 children, collected by Red Cross after the cord was cut, harbored pesticides, consumer product ingredients, and wastes from burning coal, gasoline, and garbage.
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