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Listen to the podcast of Part 2 of a FREE teleconference that you may participate in, using your computer and telephone
Featuring John Spengler, Ph.D., Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation in the Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health
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Indoor Air Quality and Health, Part II
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Jack Spengler, Ph.D.
Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation in the Harvard School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 from 2:00-3:00pm ET
Indoor Air Quality and Health, Part II
http://www.ehinitiative.org/Spengler%20announcement.doc
John Spengler, Ph.D., Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation in the Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health
Teleconference Description
The quality of our indoor environments affects our well-being and productivity. In addition, the risk of disease is increased by factors such as indoor air pollutants, toxins and microbes on surfaces, and human contact. The seminar starts with a brief summary of our current understanding of ambient air pollution health concerns. Contrasting outdoor air to indoor air as a public good, it is seen that the policy debate about regulating indoor environments is still quite confused. A pollutant-specific framework rather than a comprehensive framework has characterized public and private responses to indoor air quality to date. Examples include formaldehyde, asbestos, radon and now molds. Contemporary topics of molds and synthetic organic compounds illustrate the continuing concerns about the health of indoor environments.
Speaker Biography
John D. Spengler, PhD, is the Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation at Harvard University's School of Public Health. Prof. Spengler has conducted research in the areas of personal monitoring, air pollution health effects and indoor air pollution. Several investigations have focused on housing design and its effects on ventilation rates, building materials’ selection, energy consumption, and total environmental quality in homes. He is co-editor of three books: Indoor Air Quality Handbook (2000); Particles in Our Air: Concentrations and Health Effects (1996); and Indoor Air Pollution: A Health Perspective (1991). He has served on several National Research Council committees, including chairing the recent Green Schools committee. In 2003, Prof. Spengler was recipient of the Heinz Award for the Environment, and from 2002 through 2005 he was President of the International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences.
WHEN: Tuesday May 6th, 2008
TIME: 2-3pm Eastern Time
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Indoor Air Quality and Health, Part I
Jack Spengler, Ph.D.
Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation in the Harvard School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET
http://www.ehinitiative.org/Spengler%20announcement.doc
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http://www.ehinitiative.org/Projects/tele_con.htm
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