Upcoming events relevant to CHE science

22 April 2003. Toxins in Our Midst: Protecting Children's Health. Conference at College of Physicians, 19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

  • Links between prenatal and postnatal environmental exposures that affect children's health.
  • Expanding research efforts in children's environmental health.
  • Strategies for evaluating exposures and reducing their impact on children's
    development.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Devra Davis, author of "When Smoke Ran Like Water." Other speakers include Dr. Lynn Goldman (on implications of toxins in the environment for practitioners and policy makers), Dr. Julia Barthold (on phthalates and infants) and Dr. Elaine Francis (on pesticides and other endocrine disruptors).

28-29 Apri 2003. Workshop on thyroid hormones and reproduction, sponsored by The NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction. Holiday Inn Old Town Select Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia. This meeting is open to the public with attendance limited only by the available space.

11- 14 May 2003. Child and Youth Health 2003. The Congress follows on the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children held in May 2002. On 12 May 2003 there will be a session devoted to environmental threats to children's health. Sponsors of the Congress include Health Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Research, Canadian Institute of Human Development, The University of British Columbia and British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation.

7-10 June 2003. Second World Congress on Fetal Origins of Adult Disease. Brighton Centre, UK. "The Fetal Origins of Adult Disease concept (FOAD) concept is bringing new insights into pathogenesis. Poor fetal growth and small size at birth are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and some neurological disorders in adult life. The epidemiological studies which showed this have now been extensively replicated. They have led to the hypothesis that these disorders originate through unbalanced nutrition in utero and in infancy."