Section Events at 136th APHA in 2008
APHA 136th Annual Meeting: Environment Section's Events
There were multiple activities sponsored by the Environment Section (Word version of Environment Section activities).
Here are a few highlights:
o Calver Award Luncheon (Social)
o Monday, October 27th 12:30-2:00 PM
o Marriott Hall Salon 1
o Featuring this year’s Calver Award recipient: Diane Takvorian
o Oral presentation: Using the National Environmental Public Health Performance Standards to Strengthen the Environmental Health Infrastructure
o Oral presentation: Built Environment: Goods Movement, Environmental Justice, and Public Health
o Oral presentation: Blurring the Borders: Action Research and Organizing to Address Health Disparities – Perspectives from Southern California
o Sessions on climate change and public health
o Sessions on food, agriculture, and environment
o Section Social Hour
o Monday, October 26th 6:30-8:00 PM
o Marriot Hall Salon 1
o Featuring this year’s Damu Smith Environmental Achievement Award recipient: Hilton Kelley
o Business Meetings at the Marriot Marina:
o Sunday, October 26th 8:00-9:30 AM & 10:00-11:30 AM (Columbia I)
o Monday, October 27th 6:30-8:00 AM (Marriott Hall Salon 1)
o Environmental health proposed APHA policies:
o Discouraging smoking in feature films
o Removing all lead from commercial products
o For more information on supporting these policies, please contact John Balbus at jbalbus@edf.org.
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