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Below is information on a talk that Dayna Scott will be giving in
Toronto on Nov 22 about her research and the situation at Aamjiwnaang
FirstNations in Sarnia. 

For additional information on their health issues - see the Globe and
Mail article from November 1st titled "Chemical Valley health issues
prompt lawsuit against Queen's Park 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/chemical-valley-hea
lth-issues-prompt-lawsuit-against-queens-park/article1780041/ 



Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN) presents 

 

Gender-bending Pollution & Environmental Justice: The Way We Talk About
Endocrine Disruption

Dayna Nadine Scott, co-director of the National Network on Environments
and Women's Health, will discuss the environmental health effects of
long-term, low-dose exposure to pollutants, with a focus on the
Aamjiwnaang First Nation reserve near Sarnia, ON. This community, in the
midst of Canada's largest petro-chemical complex, has seen a drastic
decline in male newborns in recent years.


Directors of the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health from across
Canada will share their work, and CWHN's new Executive Director will
host.
Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 

The Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, 21 Avenue Road (Tudor Stuart Room).
Please RSVP by Nov. 15 at [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]> .

Please circulate to anyone you think might be interested. 
Anne Rochon Ford
Co-ordinator, Women and Health Protection
Co-Director, National Network on Environments and Women's Health
York University

 

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