Environmental Health Basics Seminar

Attention all teachers, day-care providers, educators, preschool directors, coaches, or anyone working with children! October is Children’s Health Month!

Join SCARCE for this interactive Children’s Health Month kick off session. Participants will learn about how and why children are more susceptible to environmental pollutants in our indoor environments, especially schools and childcare facilities. The presentation will also discuss issues that contribute to environmental exposures in schools (e.g. improper use of chemicals in science and art classes and in maintaining/cleaning the school facility, poor indoor air quality, pest control, environmental asthma triggers, radon, mold). The session will also identify low-cost/no cost measures, programs and resources available to prevent or reduce environmental exposures.

Presenters:

Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH
Director, Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health

Maryann Suero, PhD
Environmental Health Scientist, Children’s Health Program Manager
US Environmental Protection Agency

Two different locations and times offered:

DPC Regional Office of Education Center for Professional Learning
1519 South Grace Street, Lombard
1:00pm registration and 1:30-3:30pm presentations

OR

Wheaton Park District’s Community Center Auditorium
1777 South Blanchard Street, Wheaton
6:00pm registration and 6:30-8:30pm presentations

Register for one of the sessions -------> http://scarceecoed.org/environmental-education/special-projects/childrens-health/645-childrens-health-month-kick-off.html

Please share the flyer below with your colleagues or post it on your bulletin board!