Knowledge is Empowerment!
Montreal Conference deals with "Safe Alternatives for better health"
WHO: Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (CAP)
WHAT: PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
WHEN: Saturday April 28, 2001 1:30 to 5:30 PM
WHERE: 4225 Notre Dame West Bharat Bhavan
WEBSITE: www.cap-quebec.com
DO WE UNDERSTAND OUR CONNECTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON OUR HEALTH?
CAP - Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides - Quebec announced a special forum on environmental impacts on the health os Canadians. The Montreal event will feature some of Canada's most notable health/environment experts dealing with a range of issues from health effects of household chemicals and gardening products to the risks associated with GM foods.
The CAP press release notes:
"We hear of increases in cancer rates, severe allergies, asthma, hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder and a host of other health problems.
Is there a connection between health and the chemicals used in and around our homes, schools, daycare, etc?"
The conference promises to attend to each of these concerns. Here is a list of guests and topics:
- Dr June Irwin. MD.
"Silent Killers - Our Children's Future 2001"
The wide impact of chemicals used in and around the house
- Dr Shiv Chopra. DVM. Ph.D. Scientist Activist against Bovine Growth Hormone, Genetically Modified Foods and Globalization.
- Edith Smeesters. Biologist. Author
Gardening without risk
- Paul Maloney. Entomologist-The Eco-Bug Doctor
Taking care of bugs with no danger to human health or the environment"
- Isabelle Narayana. Agronomist & Biologist
A view to how the city of Montréal deals with pesticides
Please RSVP at 514 683 8198 to attend, as seating is limited.
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| " Risk factors like heredity
and smoking account for only a small percentage of cancers which are
increasing with worsening environmental pollution: should this be
ignored or acknowledged?" |
"A woman's body is (a human being's) first environment. Whatever contaminants are in a woman's body find their way into the next generation. There is no better argument for the precautionary principle and that is where activism and science meet together."
Sandra Steingraber, Everyday Carcinogens, Stopping Cancer Before It Starts. |
INCIDENCE OF CHILDHOOD CANCERS ...25% INCREASE AMONG CHILDREN UNDER 15 OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS
- Canadian Institute of Child Health |
THE PROBABILITY THAT A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL DEVELOP CANCER AT SOME POINT IN HIS OR HER LIFETIME IS 1 IN 2 FOR MEN AND 1 IN 3 FOR WOMEN
- American Cancer Society, 1999 |
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