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August 27 Toronto Book launch for Dayna Scott (ed) Our Chemical Selves

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Co sponsored by Osgoode Hall Law School, IFLS, the Politics of Evidence Working Ground and National Network on Environments and Women’s Health

An evening event to share research findings on the environment and reproductive health, and to launch the new book,

Our Chemical Selves: Gender, Toxics and Environmental Health

edited by Dayna Nadine Scott.

A range of speakers include members of the Politics of Evidence Working Group

Thursday August 27 2015        630-830 PM

1214 Queen Street West The Gladstone Hotel  (Gladstone Gallery, 2nd Floor)

This event is made possible by a grant from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research

PLEASE RSVP AT THIS LINK  using event code DNSevent poster. All information in text of post.

 

 

 

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Discussion IS YOUR BODY A TOXIC SITE? reproductive health as an environmental issue

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Osgoode (and FES) colleague Dayna Nadine Scott, editor of the recent “Our Chemical Selves”, will be a panellist at this evening of discussion hosted by the Politics of Evidence Working GroupHow is human reproductive health affected by everyday encounters with a group of chemicals known as endocrine disruptors? This evening’s discussion will explore what we know about the endocrine disrupting chemicals in our waters, air, and consumer products, and our relationship to science, government, industry and environmentalism. What does the research tell us? How are they regulated here in Canada? WHY DON’T WE KNOW MORE? IS YOUR BODY A TOXIC SITE? reproductive health as an environmental issue AN EVENING OF DISCUSSION THE POLITICS OF EVIDENCE WORKING GROUP PRESENTS: WHEN Friday, May 15, 2015 WHERE University of Toronto, Emmanuel College, Rm 001 75 Queen’s Park Crescent TIME 7pm. Doors open at 6pm ADMISSION Free Space is Limited. Please register at: www.environmentaldefence.ca/panel Join scientist Dr. Miriam Diamond, lawyer Dr. Dayna Scott, and science studies scholar Dr. Michelle Murphy to discuss the current debates surrounding our exposure to endocrine disruptors and what you can do to change it. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Dr. Miriam Diamond Dr. Michelle Murphy Dr. Dayna Scott

May 15 7PM (link with more information and registration)

How is human reproductive health affected by everyday  encounters with a group of chemicals known as endocrine disruptors? This evening’s discussion will explore what we know about the endocrine disrupting chemicals in our waters, air, and consumer products, and our relationship to science, government, industry and environmentalism. What does the research tell us? How are they regulated here in Canada?

WHY DON’T WE KNOW MORE?

 

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cover image for Our Chemical Selves 2015 UBC Press Dayna Nadine Scott ed