The Center and WE ACT invite community leaders, elected officials and policymakers to engage in a dialogue on reducing in-home toxic exposures. Experts from the Center and WE ACT will discuss health effects, preventive measures and current advocacy strategies. Center Director, Dr. Frederica Perera, will speak about the contribution of the health research to market shifts and policy change and WE ACT Executive Director Peggy Shepard will provide an update on the status of several healthy home bills in the New York City Council. Julie Herbstmann will present on the science, policy and suggested interventions to reduce exposure to flame-retardants.
As part of this stakeholder briefing, we have included a series of round table discussions aimed at identifying steps that community organizations, government agencies, businesses, and legislators can take to address and reduce exposure to common pollutants. Seated at each round table will be a topic expert, a facilitator, and a person taking notes. Following the briefing, we will compile the notes into a report or fact sheet to be shared with various elected officials, community based organizations, and government agencies.
Attendees will be able to participate in one of five round table discussion on the following themes:
* Asthma and Housing * Green Cleaning * Climate Change
* Outdoor Air Pollution * Pests, Pesticides and IPM
Topic Experts for round table discussions Asthma and Housing
Dr. Matt Perzanowski, associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. His research focuses on understanding exposures that lead to allergic sensitization and asthma. He is the principal investigator on the project NYC Neighborhood Asthma and Allergy Study, funded by NIH and HUD.
Dr. Acklema Mohammad, head of the pediatrics department at Urban Health Plan, is an expert in asthma and has worked in the South Bronx for many years treating children with asthma.
Green Cleaning
Dr. Nancy Goodyear, assistant professor in Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Science at UMass Lowell. Dr. Goodyear's research focuses on evaluating safer methods for disinfection, including green cleaning methods.
Outdoor Air Pollution
Peggy Shepard is the co-founder and Executive Director of WE ACT, which has a long history of engaging residents of Northern Manhattan in community-based planning and initiatives to advocate for environmental protection and environmental health policy at the local and national level. Peggy will discuss the Clean Power Plan and other policy initiatives related to air pollution.
Dr. Thomas Matte, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Environmental Surveillance & Policy. Dr. Matte directs the New York City Community Air Survey, which provides data for use in developing pollution control measures and for tracking improvements.
Pests, Pesticides, and IPM
Caroline Bragdon, Director of Neighborhood Interventions, Pest Control Services, Division of Environmental Health, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. Ms. Bragdon was part of the team that started the first citywide rat-indexing program, utilizing handheld devices to survey whole city blocks at once, allowing them to target whole rat colonies at their source.
Dr. Megan Horton, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Dr. Horton has extensive expertise in the area of biomarker development to measure early life exposure to environmental toxicants, including pesticides.
Climate Change
Dr. Pat Kinney, professor of Environmental Health Sciences within the Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Kinney's research into the health effects associated with climate change included projections of health impacts related to heat waves in the NYC metropolitan area. He also was one of the first investigators to show that climate change could increase urban smog problems in the U.S.
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As part of this stakeholder briefing, we have included a series of round table discussions aimed at identifying steps that community organizations, government agencies, businesses, and legislators can take to address and reduce exposure to common pollutants. Seated at each round table will be a topic expert, a facilitator, and a person taking notes. Following the briefing, we will compile the notes into a report or fact sheet to be shared with various elected officials, community based organizations, and government agencies.
Attendees will be able to participate in one of five round table discussion on the following themes:
* Green Cleaning
* Climate Change
* Pests, Pesticides and IPM
Topic Experts for round table discussions
Asthma and Housing
- Dr. Matt Perzanowski, associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. His research focuses on understanding exposures that lead to allergic sensitization and asthma. He is the principal investigator on the project NYC Neighborhood Asthma and Allergy Study, funded by NIH and HUD.
- Dr. Acklema Mohammad, head of the pediatrics department at Urban Health Plan, is an expert in asthma and has worked in the South Bronx for many years treating children with asthma.
Green Cleaning- Dr. Nancy Goodyear, assistant professor in Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Science at UMass Lowell. Dr. Goodyear's research focuses on evaluating safer methods for disinfection, including green cleaning methods.
Outdoor Air PollutionPests, Pesticides, and IPM
- Caroline Bragdon, Director of Neighborhood Interventions, Pest Control Services, Division of Environmental Health, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. Ms. Bragdon was part of the team that started the first citywide rat-indexing program, utilizing handheld devices to survey whole city blocks at once, allowing them to target whole rat colonies at their source.
- Dr. Megan Horton, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Dr. Horton has extensive expertise in the area of biomarker development to measure early life exposure to environmental toxicants, including pesticides.
Climate Change- Dr. Pat Kinney, professor of Environmental Health Sciences within the Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Kinney's research into the health effects associated with climate change included projections of health impacts related to heat waves in the NYC metropolitan area. He also was one of the first investigators to show that climate change could increase urban smog problems in the U.S.
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