Title: Public Health and Chemical Exposures
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Section/SPIG: Environment
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Public Health and Chemical Exposures in the 21st Century: Moving from Conversation to Action
As we celebrate the APHA Environment Section’s 100th anniversary, marking a century of progress in environmental public health, we are also presented with opportunities to further advance the field. Released in June, Addressing Public Health and Chemical Exposures: An Action Agenda, the product of the two-year National Conversation process, puts forward recommendations to help strengthen cross-sector efforts to protect the public from harmful chemical exposures. Many APHA members dedicated their time and expertise to the Conversation and helped develop the Action Agenda. The Action Agenda includes 48 specific recommendations that fall under seven key chemical exposure issue
areas: prevention, monitoring, science, communities, public engagement, health professionals, and emergencies.
On Saturday, Oct. 29, from 2-4 p.m. in the Renaissance Hotel, Meeting Room 3, APHA will host an implementation strategy session to review recommendations and determine steps we can take, individually and collectively, to move from conversation to action. This interactive event will feature opening remarks by Dr. Christopher Portier, director of NCEH/ATSDR, and Nsedu Witherspoon,
executive director of the Children’s Environmental Health Network, followed by engaging small group discussions to brainstorm and prioritize actions.
For a complete session description, see http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/
Session33077.html. For more information on the Action Agenda, visit www.nationalconversation.us.
Please RSVP for the session to nationalconversation@cdc.gov.