Archive for September 2014

School-age children spend the majority of their waking hours at school where they may be exposed to a range of toxic chemicals linked to childhood cancer, asthma, and learning disabilities. On this call we will explore the known health effects and routes of exposure for some of the common sources of chemical contaminants in schools,…

Birnbaum, center, Harriet Penayah ACAT board member, right, and Pamela Miller, director of Alaska Community Action on Toxics, which conducts NIEHS-funded community participatory research in Savoonga. (Photo courtesy of Samarys Seguinot-Medina, of ACAT) CHE-Alaska was joined by Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Director of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Toxicology Program (NTP) for…