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"Environmental Exposure in Indigenous Communities"
The Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health is pleased to announce its 15th International Conference. The major themes of the conference will include:
■ Environmental Exposures in Indigenous Communities
■ Impacts of eWaste on Vulnerable Populations
■ Worker Health in Indigenous Communities
■ Networking for effective collaborations in Children’s Environmental Health
■ Health effects of exposure to heavy metals, especially Arsenic and Lead
■ Policy implications and responses to environmental exposures in the 21st century.
As well as the traditional areas covered by PBC conferences, including:
■ Water management and remediation
■ Hazardous waste management and remediation
■ Air pollution
■ Persistent toxic substances
■ Emerging pollutants.
Training workshops will be held in the areas of:
■ Children’s Environmental Health
■ Integrated Environmental Health Risk Assessment
The conference will include a session dedicated to student presentations with prizes for the best presentations and posters.