Upcoming Meetings
CHE-WA members will again meet on Tuesday September 23rd from 10:00 a.m. to noon at Antioch University Seattle. This meeting will be an opportunity to share with others, and learn more about, the most recent research, policy efforts and citizen organizing on environmental health issues across the Puget Sound region and beyond. The usual fabulous coffee, tea and snacks will be provided. Everyone is welcome; feel free to bring interested colleagues/friends. There will be time available for each of you who might like to update others on your work and to discuss any opportunities for collaboration. This is also an excellent time to highlight any events your organization/agency might be hosting this fall and winter. Specifically, the following topics/people are already committed to be covered:
- South Seattle air health risks report from August – BJ Cummings of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
- Update on South Seattle nail salon campaign and toxic beauty outreach – Kevin Burrell of Environmental Coalition Of South Seattle and Secret Charles of Community Coalition for Environmental Justice
- Washington State lead action plan – Steve Gilbert of the Institute for Neurotoxicology & Neurological Disorders
- Children's products' legislation at the state and national levels – Heather Trim of People for Puget Sound and Aimee Boulanger of the Institute for Children's Environmental Health
- Update on national CHE Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative consensus statement and associated policy statement: Elise Miller of the Institute for Children's Environmental Health and Steve Gilbert of the Institute for Neurotoxicology & Neurological Disorders
- Washington's Farm-to-School program to get regional produce into schools – Erin MacDougall of Public Health Seattle & King County
- Washington State's climate change and health programs – Rich Fenske of the University of Washington (invited)
- Seattle-King County's pesticide card controversy update – Gail Gensler of the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County
- CHE-WA's June Spokane River event and related river health info – Aimee Boulanger of the Institute for Children's Environmental Health
- CHE-WA's Children's Environmental Health Working Group update – Julia Berg and Gail Gensler of the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County
- CHE-WA's Precautionary Principle Working Group update – Tracee Mayfield of Public Health Seattle & King County
- Open space for any other environmental health updates that are timely and of general interest
Online Calendar of Events
CHE-Washington maintains a comprehensive environmental health calendar of event of interest to residents of Washington state. Please use the link here or click the "Calendar" button in the navigation bar above to view events in the calendar.
www.chenw.org/cgi-bin/searchevents.cgi
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The Collaborative on Health and the Environment – Washington
