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9/11-9/12 2008 Greentools for Healthy Schools Conference, Training and Expo PDF Print E-mail
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The following is a notice sent to Greentools registrants.

This yearly conference, this year in Sacramento, CA, 9/11-9/12, is put on by CHPS.net, CA High Performing Schools, a national nonprofit providing extensive materials for school districts on how to build and maintain healthy schools. SMH encourages all school districts, nationwide, to attend this conference and to enroll in CHPS to build new health, mold-resistant schools.

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Fall TeleIAQ conferences: ADHD & More - Save the dates PDF Print E-mail
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More outstanding teleconferences, offered free to anyone with a computer and telephone. These webinars are outstanding opportunities to hear from top experts on how environmental contaminants impact health. (SMH) 

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9/1 Dr. Eckardt Johanning on NYC "State of Mold Illness" Radio Show PDF Print E-mail
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A "must-hear", "must-participate" opportunity. The Leonard Lopate Show on New York Public Radio WNYC  is a major radio show in NYC and NY. Listeners and callers from throughout the nation can call in ahead of time with comments and listen in, using Internet Radio. (SMH)

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Fifth Biennial Scientific Symposium :Children's Health in the Built Environment PDF Print E-mail
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This conference should be informative. Let's hope that "greening" means non-toxic and mold-resistant design and materials. Without care, greening might contribute to mold. This might be a good topic to bring up at the conference (SMH).

 

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IAQ TfS National Awards Webinar June 26 PDF Print E-mail
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Districts can participate in a webinar on filling out the application for a IAQ TfS National Award on June 26, 2008. Full info below on how to apply! (provided by Healthy Schools Network)

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EPA Tools for Schools IAQ Conference Dec. 2008 PDF Print E-mail
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IMPORTANT ALERT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PARENTS, UNION MEMBERS AND UNIONS INTERESTED IN BETTER INDOOR AIR QUALITY!
 

The EPA Tools for Schools (TfS) program, designed to raise awareness about good indoor air quality practices and provide helps to school districts for monitoring of school IAQ,  sponsors an annual conference, held in Washington DC each winter.

The 2008 TfS conference is being held Dec. 4-6th. Registration required with limited attendance, so mark your calendars, establish your IAQ point people, and prepare for the funding to attend, now! Registration usually begins in the summer, so keep checking back with the EPA site, below.

Many districts send a team to this conference, consisting of facilities manager, superintendent or designee, parent representatives and union representatives - the point people for indoor air quality (IAQ). Some unions interested in IAQ send a large contingent, also. There is a meeting for NEA members, related to TfS and IAQ, the day before the TfS general conference begins. Union members of NEA should contact NEA-HIN Jennie Young, for details or go to the www.nea.org website for more details (Health Information Network - HIN - will post the date, and registration is required, with limited spaces again. Sometimes NEA pays for some of the expenses of some members to attend the NEA-HIN TfS IAQ conference, you can apply for subsidy as a member.

 

 


 

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International Symposium on Neurobehavorial Methods and Effects in Environmental and Occ Health PDF Print E-mail
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10th International Symposium on Neurobehavorial Methods and Effects in Environmental and Occupational Health

 
Wednesday through Friday, June 11 - 13, 2008

San Jose, Costa Rica
at the Ramada Plaza Herradura
 
Sponsor: The Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances, Universidad Nacional (IRET-UNA) and International Commission of Occupational Health (ICOH)
 
The conference theme is "Multiple Exposures, Multiple Effects" and will include presentations on neurotoxic disorders in children, fetal origins, neurotoxic disorders in adults, neurobehavioral changes by different neurotoxic agents and more.
 
Price: see http://www.epicoh-neureoh2008.com/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=4
Website: http://www.epicoh-neureoh2008.com/index.php

Contact: Jennifer Crowe, 506-853-5957 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Free Tucson, AZ Moisture & Mold Course: June 21 PDF Print E-mail
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Guidance on Moisture and Mold: A Workshop for Environmental Health Professionals and Health Providers

Saturday June 21, 2008
Tucson, Arizona
at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort, 10000 North Oracle Road

Sponsor: National Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Health Services Branch and National Environmental Health Association

This is a one-day interactive workshop combining presentations and small-group exercises to provide attendees with knowledge and tools to explore, respond to, intervene upon and communicate about mold and moisture.

Price: free

Website: http://www.neha.org/training/index.html

Contact: National Environmental Health Association, 303-756-9090 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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