Message-ID: <199510251756.KAA20306@igc2.igc.apc.org> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 10:56:04 -0700 From: Mary Firestone <mailto:jsi@IGC.APC.ORG> Subject: Env Health conf 1996 E Europe To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Hazardous Waste Policy: Cleaning up after the Cold WarThe Seventh Annual Symposium on Environmental and
Occupational Health during Societal Transition
in Central and Eastern Europe
Poland, May 26-June 1, 1996
For the past six years, the Environmental and Occupational Health Symposium for Central and Eastern Europe has provided a forum for individuals and organizations to share information and discuss strategies which have important implications for environmental and occupational health. The aims of the symposium are:
To exchange information and experiences related to improving environmental and occupational health services, education, research and policy; and
To foster collaborative relationships between European and North American organizations and individuals working in environmental and occupational health.
Past Symposia have led to a number of collaborative efforts between scientists, policy-makers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Central and Eastern Europe with their counterparts in the U.S. These activities include: joint research projects on lead and other toxic exposures, courses for Eastern Europeans in environmental and occupational health policy, occupational medicine and hazardous materials health and safety, the use of international expertise by environmental groups and trade unions, and other initiatives. Proceedings of the Symposium are widely distributed.
Areas of Focus
The program will include plenary and small-group sessions on:
The role of NGOs in site remediation;
Health and safety training for hazardous waste site workers;
Working with local government;
How clean is clean?
Appropriate site assessment and remediation technologies;
Alternatives to risk assessment;
Impacts on agriculture;
Clean production;
The role of the European Union;
International aid;
Safe development strategies; and
The role of trade union participation in environmental policy.
In addition, there will be workshops, informal role-plays, and field trips to local factories and other locations.
Call for Papers
Participants who wish to present papers should submit an abstract to the Committee c/o Dr. Levenstein (see below) by March 1, 1996. Preference will be given to work done in collaboration with Central and Eastern European partners.
Participants
The anticipated 100 participants from approximately 15 countries in Europe and North America will represent a wide spectrum of individuals concerned with environmental, occupational, and public health, including: scientists and educators, government policy-makers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations, business, and labor. Donor organizations will make it possible for individuals from Central and Eastern Europe to participate free of charge (by invitation only).
The registration fee, which includes a double occupancy room and meals at the conference hotel, is US$695 for participants from North America and Western Europe who pay by April 1, 1996; for those paying after April 1, the fee is $795. There will be a surcharge for a single occupancy room. For full-time registered students, the fee is $400.
For further information, contact:
Dr. Charles Levenstein
Work Environment Dept.
Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell
One University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854 USA
Tel: (508) 934-3268
FAX: (508) 452-5711
mailto:levenstec@woods.uml.edu
Dr. Barry Levy
Dept. of Community Health
Tufts Univ. School of Medicine
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
Tel/FAX: (508) 650-1039
Dr. Andrew Watterson
The Centre for Occupational
and Environmental Health Policy
Research, De Montfort University
Leicester LE7 9SU
Tel: 44 0116 257735
Fax: 44 0116 257708
Dr. Lewis Pepper
Dept. of Environmental Health
Boston Univ. School of Public
Health, 80 E. Concord Street
Boston, MA 02118
Tel: (617) 638-4623
Fax: (617) 638-4857