Harvard University School of Public Health & Environmental Education Foundation Coordinate to Promote a Symposium on the Impact of Mold on Human Health
The Environmental Education Foundation (EEF) has announced today their acceptance of the Harvard School of Public Health Symposium: The Impact of Mold on Human Health as meeting the organization’s educational excellence criteria
Washington, DC & Boston, MA (PRWEB) June 1, 2004 -- The Environmental
Education Foundation (EEF) has announced today their acceptance of the Harvard
School of Public Health Symposium: The Impact of Mold on Human Health as meeting
the organization’s continuing education requirements.
Troy E. Johnson,
Executive Director of the EEF said, “We are honored to add the Harvard School of
Public Health to our growing list of higher education institutions we work with.
The quality of the presenters and timeliness of the topic are of the caliber the
EEF looks for when approving and recommending educational opportunities to our
members and partners”
The Symposium, scheduled for June 7-8, 2004 at the
Harvard School of Public Health’s Kresge Building, Snyder Auditorium in Boston,
Massachusetts has assembled key faculty in the areas of Environmental
Physiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Environmental Biology,
Environmental Health and Human Habitation as well as other international experts
to provide an executive briefing that provides a scientific and balanced view on
this controversial topic.
Dr. Joseph Brain, Program Director for the
Impact of Mold on Human Health Symposium at the Harvard School of Public Health
added, “We are pleased that the EEF is helping to market this important event
and we thank them for their cooperation in endorsing our symposium for
continuing education credit.”
Attendees to the event are expected to walk
away with the ability to analyze the available animal and clinical data on the
effects of mold on health; explore the biology of molds; assess the insurance
liability and legal ramifications of mold remediation; determine best practices
for measuring mold exposure and identify strategies for prevention and
remediation of mold in homes, offices, and schools. Details can be found at:
http://www.enviro-ed.org/Plan/EEFHarvardmoldprogram.pdf. For
more information or to register, visit http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/Mold.shtml or
contact the Harvard School of Public Health at (617) 384-8692.
About
Environmental Educational Foundation
The Environmental Education Foundation
(EEF) is a 501(c) 3 charitable organization dedicated to the development and
dissemination of information regarding hazards to human health and threats to
the environment with particular emphasis on hazards or threats which are
associated with occupying, purchasing, insuring, selling or owning residential,
commercial or industrial property; testing methodologies and procedures to
detect such hazards and threats; and programs and measures which mitigate or
eliminate such hazards. EEF is partners with many government and
non-governmental agencies and sits as Consultants to the United Nations on
Environmental, Health and Safety issues. Contact: e-mail protected from spam
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Phone: 480-659-9356
About the Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard
School of Public Health is dedicated to advancing the public's health through
learning, discovery, and communication. More than 300 faculty members are
engaged in teaching and training the 800-plus student body in a broad spectrum
of disciplines crucial to the health and well being of individuals and
populations around the world. Programs and projects range from the molecular
biology of AIDS vaccines to the epidemiology of cancer; from risk analysis to
violence prevention; from maternal and children's health to quality of care
measurement; from health care management to international health and human
rights. For more information on the school visit: www.hsph.harvard.edu.
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