Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Wednesday, April 6: Toxic Bust: film presentation and discussion. Wainright House, Rye.

TOXIC BUST
presented by

GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

WED, APRIL 6, 2011 @ 7:30 PM
WAINWRIGHT HOUSE
260 STUYVESANT AVE
RYE, NY 10580

ADMISSION FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

This thought provoking documentary challenges viewers to question how abundant chemical use in the United States may undermine the health of its citizens.  The film focuses on three breast cancer "hot spots" to explore more fully the connection between cancer and chemical exposure in the home, workplace and community and features nationally recognized experts who provide understanding of the most current breast cancer science**

PATTI WOOD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
WILL LEAD A DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE FILM ABOUT PRACTICAL STEPS TO REDUCE EXPOSURES IN OUR HOMES, SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES AND COMMUNITIES


RSVP: 914-422-3141/ellen@grassrootsinfo.org

**Dr. Gina Solomon, Senior Scientist for Natural Resources Defense Council, has researched breast health and chemical impacts on breast milk.  Dr. Julia Brody is principal investigator for Silent Spring Institute's Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study.  Solomon and Brody talk about risk factors and environmental chemicals that mimic estrogen in the body and may raise the risk of cancer.  Additionally, Dr. Robert Harrison, an occupational health physician at UCSF and Dr. Philip Landrigan, former EPA scientist and Director of Community and Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, illuminate issues concerning worker health and the impacts of early childhood chemical exposure respectively

  Grassroots Environmental Education is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about the links between common environmental exposures and human health and environmental impacts

For more information please visit www.grassrootsinfo.org


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