The Environment, Health and the Future - 2009 Policy Summit
The Environment, Health and the Future - 2009 Policy Summit
Start of Event:
Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 - 4:00 PM
End of Event:
Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 - 1:30 PM
Location:
Offsite:
Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, IL
(National Event)
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Description:
A workshop specifically designed to benefit state legislators will be held at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago on January 30-31, 2009. It begins on the evening of Thursday January 29th with a reception and ends just after lunch on Saturday the 31st.
This is also an opportunity for legislators to share what their states are facing in the way of environmental health concerns and how they are being addressed. Workshop hosts Representative Karen May of Illinois and Senator Joe Bolkcom of Iowa have helped create an agenda which includes two sessions on Friday morning on Superfund chemicals, PCBs and the newer PBDEs found in fire retardant products. Two panels on Friday afternoon will deal with healthy homes and buildings and include talks on radon, mold, green building construction and lead and other hazards that arise during demolition. . Two Saturday morning panels will address adaptation to climate change with specific attention devoted to floods and drought and renewable energy. A great deal of time has been reserved for legislator interaction on these issues.
Researchers from the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois-Chicago and other experts will provide information at sessions moderated by state legislators.
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