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Environment and Cancer Meeting Series Materials

Environmental Factors in Cancer: Industrial and Manufacturing Exposures
September 16, 2008
East Brunswick, NJ

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Testimony materials:

Industrial Carcinogens: A Need For Action
Richard Clapp, D.Sc, MPH
B.U. School of Public Health

There is No “War” on Occupational Cancer
Adam M. Finkel, ScD, CIH
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, UMDNJ School of Public Health and Executive Director, Penn Program on Regulation, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School

Occupational Carcinogens – Environmental Carcinogens: A Fine Line [PDF]
Elizabeth T. H. Fontham, MPH, DrPH
Dean, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health and Wendell Gauthier Chair in Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Prevention through a Precautionary Approach to Environmental Chemicals
David Kriebel
School of Health & Environment, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Childhood Cancer and the Environment
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP
Professor and Chairman, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, and Director, Children's Environmental Health Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Preventing Cancer by Controlling Occupational and Environmental Exposures
Franklin E. Mirer, PhD, CIH
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Hunter College Urban Public Health Program

State of the Evidence: The Connection between Breast Cancer and the Environment
Policy and Research Recommendations for Moving Forward

Jeanne Rizzo, RN
President & CEO, Breast Cancer Fund

 

Environmental Factors in Cancer: Agricultural Exposures
October 21, 2008
Indianapolis, IN

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President's Cancer Panel testimony [WordPerfect]
Kenneth P. Cantor, PhD, MPH
Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute

The One Stop Shop: Chemical Causes and Cures for Cancer
Tyrone Hayes, PhD
Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Lung, Breast, Bladder and Rectal Cancer: Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution and Water Pollution
John Vena, PhD
University of Georgia Foundation Professor in Public Health and Head, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health

Environmental Factors in Cancer: Indoor/Outdoor Air Pollution and Water Contamination
December 4, 2008
Charleston, SC

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Environmental Factors in Cancer: Radon [PDF]
R. William Field, PhD, MS
Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City

President's Cancer Panel White Paper: Radon [PDF]
Jay H. Lubin, PhD
Senior Health Scientist, Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute

 

Environmental Factors in Cancer: Nuclear Fallout, Electromagnetic Fields, and Other Radiation Exposure
January 27, 2009
Phoenix, AZ

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