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| Title: | Strengthening Environmental Justice Research and Decision Making: A Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental Health Impacts |
| Date: | March 17 – 19, 2010 |
| Location: | Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW Washington, DC 20001 |
| Purpose: | US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development National Center for Environmental Research, and National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Environmental Justice, and Office of Children’s Health Protection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and The National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety are cosponsoring a 2 ½ day small-sized technical symposium on disproportionate environmental health impacts. The overall goal of the Symposium is to lay the foundation for developing analytical and decision frameworks that can be used by EPA and other federal, state, local governments to better quantify and characterize disproportionate environmental health impacts on minority and low income populations that may result from their programs, policies, and activities. Specifically, the Symposium revolves around commissioned technical papers on seven factors that may result in disproportionate environmental health impacts among minority and low income populations. These factors are: 1) proximity to environmental hazards, 2) susceptibility/vulnerability, 3) unique exposure pathways, 4) multiple and cumulative environmental burdens, 5) diminished ability to participate in the decision making process, 6) physical infrastructure, and 7) chronic community stress. The Symposium aims to: 1) elucidate how these and other factors are associated with differential burdens of environmental exposures, vulnerability, and health impacts; 2) identify relevant data sources and methods for analysis of these factors; and 3) explore frameworks for assessing disproportionate burdens of environmental exposures and disease. The Symposium will feature interdisciplinary presentations, discussions, and technical input on the scientific basis for factors that may cause disproportionate environmental health impacts, and frameworks for assessing disproportionate burdens of environmental exposures and disease. |
| Contact: | Devon Payne-Sturges (payne-sturges.devon@epa.gov); (202) 343-9852 Onyemaechi Nweke (nweke.onyemaechi@epa.gov); (202) 566-2314 Tina Conley (conley.tina@epa.gov); (202) 343-9829 |
| Registration: | TBA |
| Logistics: | Meeting Location Hotel |
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| Title: | The 6th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo |
| Date: | April 24 - 25, 2010 |
| Location: | National Mall Washington, DC 20001 |
| Purpose: | The 6th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo is scheduled to take place on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on April 24 - 26, 2010. This event was created to bring together professional scientists, engineers, and business leaders around innovations designed to advance economic growth while reducing environmental impact. The Expo showcases the innovative designs of the P3 student teams addressing alternative energy technologies, collection, purification and distribution of water, agricultural practices to reduce pesticide run-off, new technologies for green buildings and many more approaches to improve society's sustainability. In addition, it provides a forum for the government, non-profit and business community to demonstrate their diverse approaches to sustainability. |
| Contact: | Cynthia Nolt-Helms (Nolt-Helms.Cynthia@epa.gov); (202) 343-9696 |
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| Title: | STAR Progress Review - Sources and Formation of Organic Aerosols |
| Date: | September 21, 2010 |
| Location: | EPA Auditorium Research Triangle Park, NC |
| Purpose: | PM2.5 is one of the major pollutants of concern as it has been linked to a range of serious respiratory and cardiovascular health problems. One large gap in the understanding of PM2.5 is the sources of organic PM2.5 including those leading to secondary organic aerosol (SOA). Current observations of organic PM are significantly underestimated by even comprehensive air quality models.
In 2007, the STAR grant program supported a number of research projects in this area. Many of these projects are improving our understanding of organic particles and their sources and transformation processes in the atmosphere as well as improving models that simulate organic particle concentration. This meeting will include presentations and discussions of the latest results from these STAR grantees and EPA scientists. For details on the projects, see: Sources and Atmospheric Formation of Organic Particulate Matter |
| Contact: | Sherri Hunt (hunt.sherri@epa.gov); (202) 343-9644 |
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| Title: | STAR Progress Review - Sources and Health Effects of Coarse PM |
| Date: | September 22, 2010 |
| Location: | EPA Auditorium Research Triangle Park, NC |
| Purpose: | Previously, there has been a lack of published studies investigating the associations of mortality and morbidity with coarse thoracic particulate matter (CPM) (PM10-2.5) and addressing the effects of different components or sources of CPM particles. The composition and toxicity of CPM likely vary significantly across locations with large differences between urban and rural regions because of a variety of different sources (e.g., pollen, endotoxin, road dust, agriculture, mining) and difficulties in estimating risks and exposure estimates.
In 2007, the National Center for Environmental Research awarded five grants for research studies to improve understanding of the composition, sources, and health effects of urban and rural coarse particulate matter (CPM), which includes particles in the size range from 2.5 to 10 micrometer in diameter. This meeting will include presentations and discussions of the latest results from these STAR grantees and EPA scientists. For details on the projects, see: Sources, Composition, and Health Effects of Coarse Particulate Matter |
| Contact: | Sherri Hunt (hunt.sherri@epa.gov); (202) 343-9644 |
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| Title: | STAR Kickoff Meeting - Impact of Global Change on Allergic Disease |
| Date: | September 22, 2010 |
| Location: | EPA Auditorium Research Triangle Park, NC |
| Purpose: | This meeting will provide an overview and discussion of projects recently funded in response to an RFA to link climate change and allergic airway disease. The goal of this work is to increase understanding of the impacts of global climate change on incidence, prevalence and geographic distribution of allergic airway disease in the U.S by considering links between climate and responses by plants and molds, and the production, dispersion and potency of allergens, as well as the associations with human health.
For details on the RFA, see: Climate Change and Allergic Airway Disease |
| Contact: | Sherri Hunt (hunt.sherri@epa.gov); (202) 343-9644 Bryan Bloomer (bloomer.bryan@epa.gov ); (202) 343-9078 |
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