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Article #1053Women's Health Forum March 29th
From: L. Penney
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:00
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AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
Women's Health & The Environment
WHO:
Dr DEVRA LEE DAVIS, Senior Fellow, Health and Environment, World
Resources Institute, Washington, DC.
- expert in the field of xenoestrogens (environmental
contaminants) and their role in the skyrocketing breast cancer
epidemic.
Dr ANA SOTO, Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts
University, Boston.
- scientist who identified the connection between breast cancer
cell replication and plastics, featured in the CBC documentary
"Sex Under Siege".
SHARON BATT, author of "Patient No More".
- breast cancer survivor and political activist
WHAT:
A public education forum about the impact of toxic chemicals on
women's health: how chemicals affect us, how we can reduce our
exposure and how we can work for their elimination from our
environment.
WHEN:
Friday, 29 March 1996 from 7pm to 9:30pm
WHERE:
Judge McGill Theatre, Robson Square Conference Centre, Vancouver
WHY:
Because an ounce of prevention is worth more than throwing $1
trillion at an elusive cure.
For more information contact:
GEORGIA STRAIT ALLIANCE 251-4953
VANCOUVER WOMEN'S HEALTH COLLEDTIVE 736-4234
--
Lisa Penney
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